Rajnath Singh inaugurates the Colonel Chewang Rinchin Bridge on Shyok River, located about 45 km from India’s border with China
Current Affairs:Siachen, the world’s most noteworthy war zone, is presently open to vacationers, said guard serve Rajnath Singh on Monday.
Opening the zone from Siachen base camp to Kumar Post will allow individuals to perceive how the Army’s jawans and specialists work in outrageous climate in Ladakh, he said.
Singh was tending to a capacity in eastern Ladakh to initiate the Colonel Chewang Rinchin Bridge on Shyok River, situated around 45 km from the province’s outskirt with China.
“The Ladakh MP in his location, referenced about opening this territory to the travel industry. Furthermore, I am glad to share that the administration has chosen to open a course from Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post for voyagers,” he said.
“This progression will endeavor them value the endeavors put in by jawans, engineers and different laborers,” he said.
Singh later tweeted, “The Siachen territory is presently open for visitors and Tourism. From Siachen Base to Kumar Post, the whole region has been opened for Tourism purposes”.
The Siachen Glacier at the stature of around 20,000 ft in the Karakoram range is known as the most elevated hostile region on the planet where the warriors need to fight frostbite and high breezes, torrential slides and avalanches are basic at the ice sheet during the winters and temperatures can drop to as low as less 60 degrees Celsius.
Aditi Mehta 