Search and rescue operation at Gayari, Siachen continued round the clock even against heavy odds. According to an ISPR press release issued here on Monday, the weather remained very harsh and posing serious challenges to the men and machines working at the avalanche site alike.
However, the spirit and zeal of courageous soldiers has not wavered under arduous conditions. The rescue work is being carried out at full speed with sufficient number of plant equipment. The exasperating work at the tunnel being dug in the compact snow of avalanche, needed to access a suspected structure to find survivors, has made good progress by using control use of explosives.
German and Swiss rescuers are also rendering useful help in conforming already available data to locate the survivors. Meanwhile, the excavation work continued at three other sites to search survivors. Similarly, some engineer's effort was also dedicated to widen outflow of water channel, which had been blocked by the avalanche.
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