In Leh, rescue and relief efforts are on a war-footing in cloudburst-hit region as Indian Air Force reacued 81 foreigners and six tour guides from Zanskar Valley. The death toll mounted to 165 and 400 people remained missing.Official sources said that 150 of the dead have been identified so far. The victims include a Romanian woman, 15 Nepalese nationals and two Tibetans.They said two French nationals and a Spaniard are yet to be traced.The IAF carried out a record 62 sorties by Chetak helicopters in five and half hours to bring back 81 foreign campers and six tour guides from the 11,000-feet Zanskar Valley who were stuck there since intervening night of August 5 and 6 after cloudburst and flash floods wreaked havoc in Leh and surrounding areas.Officials said that 200 people, including foreigners, are still stranded in various places in the affected area, .Sniffer dogs, have been pressed into service to look for survivors as relief efforts by security forces gained momentum who were taking the help of heavy duty bulldozers and other machines to clear the rubble.The Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF), police and civilian authorities are trying hard to remove the piles of mud and slush which had buried villages in the worst-battered Choglusmar belt. They are also restore telephone links.Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visited Leh for the second time after the tragedy struck and directed the Border Roads Organisation to clear the Manali-Leh highway within next three days. He asked the officials engaged in relief work to ensure that procedural formalities do not delay the operation.Meanwhile, a fresh cloudburst in Kargil area on Saturday has cut off many villages.Official of the development wing of the local administration said that the IAF tried to airdrop essential items including tents and clothing in the villages affected by the cloudburst as roads were badly damaged.The Air Force has been ferrying medicines, relief material and doctors here using IL-76 and AN-32 aircraft and has been flying out bodies of the victims to various places as the highways remained cutoff.The Jammu and Kashmir Government has re-started Short Message Service (SMS) in Leh, to help in relief and rescue operations in the region. The SMS was banned in the state few months ago due to security reasonsThe Ministry of External Affairs has set up a special control room in order to streamline the dissemination of information about Indians and foreign nationals who have lost their lives, or injured or are stranded in different parts due to cloud burst tragedy in Leh .The Ministry says that it has been in close touch with the concerned agencies involved in rescue and relief effort. The control room numbers are 23012113 and 23015300 and its email id is controlroom@mea.gov.in.