Avalanche op stepped up

Amidst snowfall and weather hazards, Pakistani rescue teams on Wednesday stepped up their search for 138 people, a majority of them soldiers, buried under dozens of feet of snow by an avalanche in Siachen.

Amidst snowfall and weather hazards, Pakistani rescue teams on Wednesday stepped up their search for 138 people, a majority of them soldiers, buried under dozens of feet of snow by an avalanche in Siachen.

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Search and rescue teams using bulldozers and heavy machinery have cleared a 450-metre access track to five "priority points" where the people could be buried, a military statement said.