RAWALPINDI: The search and rescue operation at Gayari continues at full pace despite severe weather conditions, blizzard and low temperatures.
The spirit of troops busy in rescue operation is high, who are determined to dig out their valiant comrades from tonnes of snow, says a press release issued by ISPR here on Friday.
The low temperature poses serious challenge to the effectiveness of plant equipment too.
Disregarding the difficulties posed by 145 ft high pile of snow in the vicinity and extreme cold at the bottom of excavation, the troops are attempting a horizontal tunnel at the base of main excavation site to access suspected location of a structure to reach out to survivors.
The access tracks have been improved. Some infantry troops grouped into small teams continued to be employed on the periphery for search work. The outflow of water channel remains the same.
AFP adds: Blizzard conditions on Friday hit rescuers searching for people buried by an avalanche at a high-altitude Pakistani army camp as more foreign teams were due in the country to help operations.
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 (a third of a square mile).
Specialist high altitude teams from the United States, Germany and Switzerland are being sent by road and air to the remote site, the military said, while units from China and Norway are due to arrive in Islamabad soon.
Search teams are looking for the trapped soldiers and civilians at six different points on the site, around 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) up in the mountains.
Troops are attempting to dig a horizontal tunnel at the base of the main excavation site to reach what is thought to be one of the camp buildings.
More than 450 rescuers are working in sub-zero temperatures at the site, though experts have said there is virtually no chance of finding any survivors.
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