Army conducts Cleaniness drive at highest battlefield Siachen

Siachen, Sept 20: Indian Army has carried out the cleanliness drive at Siachen the highest battlefield in the world in order to Promote Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Defence Ministry has said "Siachen is a place where everything is ferried from the hinterland. It is a logistics challenge to segregate all types of waste out of the glacier so that these do not become the environmental hazard.Army continues to take steps to ensure hygiene at the highest battlefield".



"The prime motive of the drive is to maintain the ecological balance of Siachen glacier. Since the launch of the campaign in October 2014, Siachen troops have removed and sent back more than 63 tonnes of garbage to the base," the Ministry added.

Army officials have said that "A huge amount of garbage has been brought back through man-pack loads, porters, ponies and sometimes returning helicopters. These loads of garbage include packing material, barrels, and perishables."

"The garbage are buried in deep trenches dug
mechanically in areas on the arrival of the trash to disposal areas, which are not on run of the rivers and where landmass is not fragile", Army officials added.