Siachen tragedy: Army declares buried troops dead Buried troops declared dead after 52 days

 

 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday declared dead 140 people buried alive by a huge avalanche in Gayari more than seven weeks ago.

A huge wall of snow crashed into Siachen Glacier base high in the mountains in disputed Kashmir in the early hours of April 7, smothering an area of one square kilometre (a third of a square mile).

Only three bodies have so far been recovered from the remote glacier, dubbed the world’s highest battleground, despite desperate rescue

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