Skardu: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Sunday visited Giyari Secotor of Skardu to review rescue work after Siachen avalanche.
According to Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR), as many as 180 soldiers and 60 civilians are busy in rescue work to recover 124 missing soldiers and 11 civilians. ISPR further said that the military had also shifted heavy machinery in the area through C-130.
The avalanche engulfed a Pakistani army battalion headquarters near a glacier early on Saturday, leaving snow up to 80 feet (25 metres) deep over an area a kilometre wide.
The victims are trapped in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth, at an altitude of 15,000 feet (4,500 metres) near the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range.
“On Wednesday and Thursday we expect cloudy conditions and some snow fall as well which will make it difficult for any rescue operations to continue,” said meteorologist Mohammed Hanif on state television.
The army listed the names of the missing on its website.
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