Rescuers undeterred by harsh Siachen weather

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Rescuers undeterred by harsh Siachen weather

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The harsh weather do not affect the morale of soldiers searching for their companions in Siachen.

12 April,2012 03:35 pm

The weather continues to be harsh and unfriendly, posing operational and administrative difficulties for both men and machines busy in the rescue operation. The rescue operators have started working on another priority point (Sixth Site) while continuing thier rescue search to the earlier 5 identifiedpoints.Massive relief and rescue operation is in progress at Gayari as15 heavy machines including dumpers, dozers, excavators and loaders are working at the search site.According to the details, at point one, excavating has gone down up to 115 feet. Work will start at 130-feet-long horizontal tunnel with a dia of 3 meters to attain access to the accommodation area while on point two, excavation work has gone down to 100 feet.To access the priority points, a 450-meter-long access track has been developed and is being improved by adding sub grade for traction of wheeled plant equipment on the avalanche.The work on both main access tracks is underway to increase the total length to 1.5 kilometers.