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Gayari Rescue Work |
A dozer has been employed to restore the water channel, which has been blocked due to avalanche. So far two exits are available with 20 and 15 cusecs discharge. Efforts are in hand to enhance the same with the help of plant equipment. Harsh weather conditions hampering the search for 138 people buried under a huge avalanche at a Pakistani army camp will last at least another 24 hours and weather is likely to improve by Thursday afternoon, a senior meteorological official said Wednesday. “However, it will remain overcast Wednesday with thunderstorms and snowfall in Gayari and its surrounding areas.”
A huge wall of snow crashed into the remote Siachen Glacier base high in the mountains on Saturday morning, smothering an area of one square kilometre. As more than 450 rescuers worked in sub-zero temperatures, experts said there was little chance of finding any survivors at the site, and there is still no trace of the camp, which is at an altitude of around 4,000 metres. The site of the Gayari camp has been hit by heavy snow in recent days. Rescuers have been using mechanical diggers and shovels to dig through the vast expanse of snow, rock and ice dumped by the avalanche, but efforts to fly in more heavy equipment have been hindered by the weather.
(The Nation)
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