Pakistan steps up efforts to find avalanche survivors
April 11, 2012  13:41

News of that almost forgotten tragedy in Siachen:

Pakistani rescue teams today stepped up their search for 138 people, a majority of them soldiers, buried under dozens of feet of snow by an avalanche in Siachen sector. Search and rescue teams using bulldozers and heavy machinery have cleared a 450-metre access track to five "priority points" where the people could be buried, a military statement said. 

 

The Met Office has forcast snowfall over Siachen and surrounding areas till tomorrow and officials have said they expect the weather to clear by the afternoon of Thursday. Flights to Skardu, the town closest to Gyari, have been unable to take off due to bad weather. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had to call off his plan to visit Gyari yesterday due to bad weather, officials said.

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