"IAF had airlifted 150 stranded people including women and children from various areas of Kishtwar district today", Public Relation Officer (PRO), Ministry of Defence (MoD), S N Acharya told PTI.
MI-17 chopper was pressed into service to ferry stranded passengers in highly snow-bound areas of Kishtwar, Nawapanchi, Sondar and Intion in several sorties, Acharya said.
The air operation was supervised by Air Commandore P Patangay and Divisional Commissioner Jammu Pradeep Gupta.