Not all soldiers die here of enemy action, some die because of blood dot
in the lungs caused by the thin air on the high mountains. On an
average, one Indian soldier is killed every other day, due to extreme
weather conditions. The soldiers call it 'General Glacier'. The generals call
it a prestige issue. They sacrifice their life because they love their country. my question is Which word in above lines mean ice caps
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For eight years, India and Pakistan have fought a war over this desolate landscape making it the world's highest battlefield.
Senior Correspondent W.P.S. Sidhu and Principal Photographer Pramod Pushkarna spent two weeks on the glacier, inaptly called Siachen (Rose garden), along with the troops and travelled upto Bilafond La (18,600 ft) to obtain a first-hand account of the daily battle for survival. An exclusive report.
It is a war neither side wants. Yet, it has lasted eight years and shows no signs of abating. It is being fought on the highest battlefield in the world and hundreds have already died. Yet over 90 per cent of the casualties have been caused by the extreme cold and forbidding terrain.
There is nothing here to fight over except a vast and frozen wasteland. Yet, each of the two armies spends nearly Rs 3 crore every day just to keep the battle going and the troops supplied.
The soldiers call it 'General Glacier'. The generals call it a prestige issue. Between the cold, the generals and the political leadership on both sides, Siachen has snowballed into a diplomatic and military disaster, a waste of such magnitude that it should be graded as a crime against humanity.
New arrivals edge their way across the abyss; if they fall, they will freeze to death in minutes
Since April 13, 1984, when Siachen became an active war zone, both countries have spent over Rs 15,000 crore here, almost equal to India's entire annual defence budget. Both sides have lost over 2,000 soldiers. Still the futile battle goes on, despite five rounds of bilateral talks.
No one on either side has so far questioned the terrible waste or the fact that Siachen is of little strategic value in the context of the inhospitable environment and the prohibitive cost of maintaining troops and weaponry at that altitude. It is, quite simply, a war of prestige, a question of who blinks first.
Almost all the food on the glacier comes in tins. And despite the wide variety available, it all tastes the same. "We are all dying to see and eat anything fresh and green," says one Mahar officer. Cooking rice and dal takes hours in the rarefied atmosphere.
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