Avalanche traps about 150 Pakistani soldiers

[Ajaxpaul]

India has offered help officially...About time.

 

[Al Bhatti]

India has offered help officially...About time.

Well in this case the Indian government is better than the Pakistani government and Media.

 

[Kinetic]

RIP to those deceased. Heard about the news just now. My condolence to the families.

 

[JAT BALWAN]

India has offered help officially...About time.

source?????

 

[Last Hope]

Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Siachen, today, to personally see the rescue operation launched to recover 135 soldiers and civilians trapped under the avalanche. COAS was accompanied by Corps Commander Lieutenant General Khalid Nawaz Khan.

Major General Ikram ul Haq, Commander FCNA apprised the COAS about the details of rescue operation.
COAS, while visiting the site of rescue operation, said that avalanche of such a magnitude was unprecedented in last twenty years of this Battalion Headquarters existence at Gayari. COAS further said that Army has mobilized all available resources with the assistance of PAF to carry out full scale rescue operation. He appreciated the morale and efforts of troops who are braving the harsh weather and inhospitable terrain. COAS instructed the Commanders to optimally utilize all available resources at their disposal and leave no stone unturned to reach out to the entrapped personnel. COAS said that efforts are underway to acquire latest technical equipment for the rescue. COAS emphasized that calamity in no way should affect the morale of the troops defending the motherland at the highest battlefield. He said Pakistan Army has always risen to the occasion and will come through this challenge as well.

Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani during his visit of Siachen to personally see the rescue operation launched at Gayari Sector, today. (08-04-2012)- Photo ISPR

 

[notsuperstitious]

Aren't these camps concrete structures? If yes, then atleast those indoors should have a chance of survival.

Its a pity our young troops are put in such perilous positions only because we have no trust. This should end. Lets just have some joint observers on both the sides, that way even despite the lack of trust we can reduce the no of troops drastically.

 

[Ajaxpaul]

source?????

see all the news channel...it seems 150 missing soldiers have more news here than in Pak....Manmohan singh has offered help directly to Zardari.

 

[Markus]

Manmohan Singh has offered Indian help in resuing Pakistan troops in Siachen, donno whether Zardari agreed.

 

[janon]

India offered help after the earthquake, was that offer accepted? What sort of help did the IA provide at that time, if any?

 

[Agent Vinod]

India has offered help officially...About time.

any source ?????

 

[Ajaxpaul]

PM offering help to Pak...

PM offers Pak help in Siachen avalanche relief - Rediff.com India News

 

[Jango]

US has also condoned this accident. And COAS has said that efforts are being put in to get more complex machinery from somewhere. So, I expect the US to chip in as well. We could need it.

My hunch proved right in one of my previous posts, the slide did indeed come form the small ridge pointed out earlier. And the snow has mud and sand mixed in between, so the chances of the snow getting totally compact and like a slush are low.

BTW, good to see the COAS being there, the morale of the search team gets high from that.


Can anybody now call the helpline number and get info...

 

[Last Hope]

India offered help after the earthquake, was that offer accepted? What sort of help did the IA provide at that time, if any?

India offered IAF helicopters with pilots and personnel but the offer was denied, as pilots and personnel were going to come too which would get data of sites of Pakistan.

 

[Secur]

Time to get the soldiers off Kashmir and make the territories occupied permanent

Stop your politics here atleast !

 

[VCheng]

Given low temperatures and the grave attendant risk of hypothermia, is it still a Search & Rescue operation, or has it been changed to a Recovery operation?