President Murmu to visit Siachen base camp on Thursday
New Delhi: President DroupadiMurmu will on Thursday visit the Siachen base camp and interact with the troops posted there, the RashtrapatiBhavan has said.
Murmu will be the country’s third president to visit Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, which is located in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Former presidents A P J Abdul Kalam and Ram NathKovind also visited the Siachen base camp. While Kalam visited in April 2004, Kovind went to the base camp in May 2018.
“The President of India, SmtDroupadiMurmu will visit Siachen Base Camp tomorrow (September 26, 2024) and interact with the troops posted there,” the RashtrapatiBhavan said in a statement issued on Wednesday.
The Siachen glacier is at a height of around 20,000 feet in the Karakoram mountain range. It is known as the highest militarised zone in the world where soldiers have to battle frostbite and high winds.
Under “Operation Meghdoot”, the Indian Army established its full control over the glacier on April 13, 1984.
