Pawan Hans MI-172 helicopter landed successfully on the newly constructed helipad at Silmoo village on September 23. 

CEC, Hill Council, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan extended gratitude to the UT Administration Ladakh for operationalising helicopter services in different remote locations in the Kargil district including Silmoo. He said that helicopter services become very crucial for Silmoo and adjoining villages especially in the winter months. The village gets completely cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snowfall and people particularly patients have to face a lot of problems.

Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Kargil, Abdul Gaffar Zargar; Executive Engineer R&B-II, Kacho Mehmood Ali Khan; Nodal Officer Pawan Hans/ Civil Helipads Muhammad Hassan, pilots and crew members of Pawan Hans and public representatives of Silmoo area were present on the occasion.

ACR Kargil and the Executive Engineer R&B-II along with the pilots took stock of the expansion of the Kargil Civil Helipad where the pilots suggested constructing the hangar.

Successful trial landings at 5 helipads in the Kargil district including Drass, Hinaskot, Namkila-Wakha, Sapi and Kargil Civil Helipad have been successfully done in the recent past. In the coming days, trial landing will also be done on the helipads at Tangole, Rangdum, Padum-Zanskar, Lungnak, Kargyak and Matayen Meenamarg.