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NEW DELHI: Missing your repair of adrenaline because the lockdown and yearning to get high on adventure? The Indian Army has the ideal treatment for your signs and wants to “liberally” concern permits for civilian expeditions to the Siachen Base Camp and Kumar Post in Ladakh.
The decision to open up the world’s largest non-polar glacier and the greatest battlefield was taken in October in 2015, when winter season was currently knocking on Ladakh’s doors and tourist season was nearly over. Carrying through that choice in the middle of the border standoff with China indicates government’s assertiveness and a possible rethink on keeping forward villages off limitations for civilians in future.
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