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Summary General Kayani visited Gayari sector to review rescue operation for soldiers trapped by avalanche.
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) inspected the site of the tragic accident.Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border.More than 24 hours after the disaster at the entrance to the Siachen Glacier, no bodies have yet been recovered, military officials said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.There were however certain reports that some of the soldiers are trapped alive.The army said 240 troops and civilians worked at the scene Sunday with the aid of sniffer dogs and heavy machinery, some of which was flown in on military aircraft. They struggled to dig through some 25 meters (80 feet) of snow, boulders, mud and slush that buried the rear headquarters building in the Gayari sector early Saturday morning.Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the site Sunday to supervise the rescue operations. At least 124 soldiers from the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and 11 civilian contractors are missing.
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