CommentsThe Indian Army is working on transforming battlefield Siachen into a tourist destination. In an attempt to kickstart this, the first group of civilian trekkers left for the world’s highest battlefield a week ago. CNN-IBN’s Rasika Tyagi was among the group – the first woman journalist to trek up Siachen. Leh: It’s the start […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
9/17/2007 – The Indian government has lashed out at Pakistan for protesting New Delhi’s plans to throw open Siachen Glacier to tourists. The Indian government, that controls a large chunk of the disputed Glacier has firmly told Pakistan that it does not need Islamabad’s permission to open the glacier to tourists as they are going […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Delhi, Sept. 17(PTI): The bug to visit the 72-km long Siachen glacier is catching on after the Army decided to throw upon the icy heights and the world’s highest battlefield for tourist activity. Even as a trekker group awaits a nod from the Ministry of Defence, two Mountaineering teams are in the Siachen glacier […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
MUMBAI/DELHI: [18 Sep 2007, 0002 hrs IST,Bella Jaisinghani, Indrani Bagchi & Rajat Pandit,TNN] Even as the government planned a tough response to Pakistan’s opposition to the planned Siachen treks, the trekking trip to the glacier, scheduled for September 19, was put off by its organisers. Apparently, this isn’t because of Pakistan’s growl; rather that the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In this Article author Aamir Ali, who is a member of the WCPA Informal Group argues the creation of a Peace Park – that may contribute to resolving this half-century-old international conflict and preserving a unique high mountain environment currently being subjected to irreparable devastation. Paper-A siachen peace park
Jammu: The indigenously developed Dhruv helicopter is set to be inducted by the army in the Siachen sector after successfully completing trials at the icy heights. The test trials were conducted in February, defence sources told PTI. After its formal induction, the first advanced light helicopter would join the MI-17V, Chetak, Cheeta and Chetan helicopters, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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