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Anything from the avalanche site?
Here are some excerpts from a five year old study, conducted by a Pakistani hydrologist, which shed some light on the environmental issues:
1. Mr Abbasi compared satellite images of the glacier's snout between 1978 and 2006 as part of a study for the Worldwide Fund for Nature in Pakistan last year. He found the rate of retreat far more dramatic than the annual 30m to 34m previously reported.
"The images suggest the glacier has been retreating at around 110 metres a year over the period studied. This is all due to human activity"
2. Among human activities that have caused the retreat, Mr Abbasi cited troop deployments, daily military flights to the world's highest helipad, kerosene and diesel fumes, lorry movements and the dumping of chemical and human waste.
3. Mr Abbasi's 2007 study found that Siachen had lost 35 per cent of its volume over the previous 20 years.
4. We have lost a substantial amount of glacial mass as a result of huge infrastructure development by both armies on either side of the ridge. "This has led not only to the creation of glacial lakes and snow hole formations, it's responsible for destructive snow avalanches on both sides of the Saltoro ridge.
War zone's melting glacier a 'colossal' risk - The National
Ummm my statement was based on the context of ground realities.Hopefully you're aware of how rescue team's work.they will do whatever it takes to retrieve our comrades regardless of the risks
The Pakistan Army takes care of its own and it always will, no holds barred.
New Recruit
To be fair, I think the process of true grieving will start only with the recovery of the bodies. That will still take some time given the enormity and nature of the task to recover them.
New Recruit
While speaking to my contact in the ISPR, I could hear in the back ground, some media persons being requested to omit the word "buried" while reporting and asked to use the term "trapped" instead.
In the hearts of heart, there is still a glimmer of hope.
cmon guys i know chances are low and its a fools hope but they arent dead yet... i am being hopeful and i know its foolish optimism considering the frost bites and the lack of oxygen and being buried under the snow still i hope there will be survivors and i pray that our brave defenders would still be alive