Snapshot: IAF rescue and relief operations in Jammu and Kashmir

As Jammu and Kashmir grapples with the worst flooding in the last 50 years, the Indian Air Force and other state apparatuses have been relentlessly trying to evacuate and rescue those trapped, amid flaring tempers and hostility from the locals.

####Stranded students rescued and being taken in an IAF Super Hercules C130J at Air Force Station Srinagar on 13 September 2014.

Stranded students rescued and being taken in an IAF Super Hercules C130J at Air Force Station in Srinagar on 13 September 2014.

An IAF Air personnel lending a helping hand to a rescued elderly woman at Air Force Station in Srinagar on 13 September 2014.

An IAF Air personnel lending an helping hand by carrying a 10-day-old baby rescued at Air Force Station in Srinagar on 13 September 2014.

Stranded medical students rescued and being taken by IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter for onward routing to their destination during rescue and relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter during rescue and relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter during Rescue and Relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

Stranded medical students rescued and being taken by IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter for onward routing to their destination during rescue and relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

Stranded medical students rescued and being taken by IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter for onward routing to their destination during rescue and relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

Stranded medical students rescued and being taken by IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter for onward routing to their destination during rescue and relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

Stranded medical students rescued and being taken by IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter for onward routing to their destination during rescue and relief operation in J&K on 13 September.

AF MI-17 V5 crew members along with relieved medical students after landing at Air Force Station in Srinagar on 13 September.

AF MI-17 V5 crew members along with relieved medical students after landing at Air Force Station in Srinagar on 13 September.

IAF C-17 Globemaster taking off from Air Force Station in Srinagar during one of its many relief missions on 13 September.

IAF C-17 Globemaster taking off from Air Force Station Srinagar during one of its many relief missions while C-130J awaits its turn on 13 September.

IAF C- 130J taking off from Air Force Station Srinagar during one of its many relief missions on 13 September.