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Chief of the Army Staff visits Siachen Glacier

| | Apr 02, 2016, at 12:41 am
Srinagar, Apr 1 (IBNS) Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh on Friday visited Siachen Glacier to review the situation at the highest battlefield in the world.

“Army Chief visited the sites where our soldiers lost their life at Siachen in the recent avalanches,” a defense spokesman said on Friday.

The General interacted with the soldiers serving at Siachen and commended them for their outstanding work in the difficult conditions.

He exhorted them to be careful to the avalanche threats, a spokesman said. 

“The Army Chief separately met the porters who work tirelessly to maintain the posts at those difficult conditions in Siachen,” Gowsami said.

(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

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