Pak To Dig 130-Foot Tunnel To Rescue Buried Soldiers

Pakistani troops are set to dig a 130-foot tunnel in their search for 138 people buried in an avalanche in the Siachen sector, close to Indian borders, as the rescue operation entered its fifth day yesterday with no signs of survivors.

Rescuers were focussing on six “priority points” at the army’s battalion headquarters in Gyari, which was hit by the avalanche on April 7.

“Work will start (on a) 130-foot-long horizontal tunnel with a diameter of three meters to attain access to the accommodation area,” the military said in a statement.


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