'It is heart-warming,' said Israeli Consul General in New Delhi Irit Shneor with unabashed pride. 'In the heart of the destruction in the Ladakh region, among the demolished cabins, in the somber atmosphere, Israeli trekkers are volunteering around the clock, always with a smile on their lips, giving their all to help the refugees from the disaster area left bruised and wounded, without anything, without shelter.'
Official sources in India said on Wednesday that the official death toll claimed by the floods last week in the mountainous Ladakh region reached 185, with some 400 others still missing. Another thousand people lost all of their belongings, left without a roof over their heads. They were transferred to government emergency shelters after the massive amounts of water destroyed everything in its path, including road, electricity, and communication infrastructures."
