Siachen Landslide: Body of one missing soldier recovered from Gayari

The search and rescue operation for the 140 soldiers and contractors buried at Gayari met relative success on its 50^thday as the body of one soldier was recovered from the Siachen. The soldier was identified as Mohammad Hussain.

Express News correspondent Mohammad Afzal reported early Sunday morning that rescue officials working round the clock to recover the 140 soldiers and contractors buried by an avalanche on April 7, had first discovered a check post for the residential barracks of soldiers.

The deceased’s body has been shifted to Goma Hospital. More discoveries are now expected over the next few days.

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Siachen tragedy - Day 7: Foreign teams arrive to help avalanche rescuers

Landslide in Siachen has blanketed 138 Pakistan Army personnel since one week

The rescue operation in Siachen, Pakistan entered its seventh day with the arrival of three Swiss, six German and eight American experts on Friday.

The search operation, undertaken to evacuate buried soldiers, gained momentum after German, Swiss and American experts reached the Gayari area, a military official administering the army operation said.

Other military officials, who provide updates about the rescue operation through a helpline, said that at present rescuers are set to dig a 130-foot tunnel into the snow and are mainly focusing on six ‘priority points’ where they believe the army’s battalion headquarters was present in Gyari.

Read more: The Express Tribune

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Siachen Landslide: operation continues on day 6

Siachen landslide buries 138 under 80 feet of snow/rubble

As rescue efforts to recover the buried soldiers enter its sixth day in Gayari, Siachen, another priority point (Sixth Site) has been added to the search, adding to the already five identified points.

Currently there are 15 heavy machines including Dumpers, Dozers, Excavators and Loaders at the site.

At point one, the excavation has managed to reach 115 feet deep. Work is also expected to start on the 130 feet long horizontal tunnel with a diameter of three meters to attain access to the accommodation area.

Meanwhile at point two, excavation work has reached 100 feet deep.

A 450 meters long access track has been developed and improved by adding sub-grade to improve traction for wheeled excavation equipment on the avalanche to access the priority points.

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Siachen Glacier: Avalanche buries at least 100 Pakistani soldiers

An avalanche smashed into a Pakistan Army camp Saturday burying at least 100 soldiers including a colonel at Gayari sector near the Siachen Glacier, Geo News reported.

Troops with sniffer dogs, aided by helicopters, were frantically trying to find signs of life in the snow after the avalanche engulfed the remote camp in mountainous Gayari, Siachen.

A team of doctors and paramedics has also been rushed to the high-altitude region, which suffers extreme weather conditions - temperatures on the strategic Siachen glacier plummet to minus 70 degrees Celsius (minus 94F).

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