Thursday, October 13 2005 12:54 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Rawalpindi: Pakistan army today (Oct 13, 2005) termed as 'baseless' and 'untrue' reports that Indian troops had crossed the Line of Control to help its soldiers reconstruct bunkers damaged in Saturday's powerful quake.

"There is no question of Indian army crossing LoC to help rebuild bunkers. All our bunkers are safe and built to withstand artillery shells," Pakistan Defence Spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told reporters here.

"Bunkers are robust and built to withstand all kinds of shocks and artillery. So there is no question of any damage to these installations," he said, adding, the damage along the LoC on Paksitani side was less.

Defence sources in Srinagar yesterday (Oct 12, 2005) said that Indian Army troops crossed the LoC near Aman Setu to help reconstruct a bunker of Pakistani soldiers at their request.

Pakistani soldiers guarding the Amman Setu (Peace Bridge) on PoK side sought help of their Indian counterparts to reconstruct their bunker which was damaged by the massive earthquake, they said.

On the 415 army casualties in the quake, Sultan said most of the casualties took place in army camps in places like Muzaffarbad, Bagh and Rawalakot but not at the LoC.

He also said that all nuclear facilities were safe and were kept in installations that could withstand powerful earthquakes and artillery shells.