Indian Air Force has airlifted about 11,000 people so far from various places in flood- ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, a senior officer said today.

The IAF has airlifted 11,000 people from various helipads, including make-shift ones that have been established post- floods, Air Vice Marshal Upkarjit Singh, who is the Task Force Commander of the IAF relief and rescue operation said.

These include nearly 900 winchings (people airlifted from flooded areas), he said. Singh said the entire transport fleet of the IAF which includes fixed wing planes like C-17, C-130J, IL-76 and AN-32, which have been pressed into service for airlifting relief material from all parts of the country to the affected state.