Four paws, one mission: Army's canine warriors brave landslides and floods to save lives near Harsil

Parwinder Sandhu New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- As search and rescue teams from the Indian Army, NDRF, and SDRF work tirelessly after the devastating cloudburst near Harsil, a special group of heroes is quietly making a big impact: six four-legged soldiers and their dedicated handlers.

These trained Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs from the Indian Army are navigating mud, rubble, and soaked ground to do what machines often cannot: find survivors.

Their names; Sara, Opana, Jansi, Hazel, June, and Rahi, may sound gentle, but their work is far away from being the same. Capable of detecting even the faintest scent of life beneath up to seven feet of debris, this pack is capable of scanning more than 5 acres in under an hour, matching the effort of 20 soldi...