Captain Shiva Chauhan has emerge as the primary lady navy officer to get operationally deployed at the Siachen Glacier, the world’s maximum battlefield. The officer became deployed on the Kumar post, placed at an altitude of round 15,six hundred ft in Siachen, on Monday for a length of 3 months after she underwent rigorous schooling, Army officers stated. The Leh-primarily based totally Fire and Fire Corps tweeted the photo of the officer, calling her feat as ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’.
Captain Chouhan might be main the crew of Sappers entrusted with the challenge of wearing out diverse fight engineering assignments, the Army stated. The officer underwent rigorous schooling on the Siachen Battle School in which she skilled along the officials and guys of the Indian Army, officers stated, pronounced information company PTI. The schooling blanketed staying power schooling, ice wall climbing, avalanche and crevasse rescue and survival drills, they stated.
Earlier, girls officials have been published to Siachen base camp, placed at approximately 9,000 ft, as a part of their normal postings along side the unit. Terming the move “an encouraging sign”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conveyed his fine needs to Capt Chauhan and stated he became glad to look greater girls becoming a member of the militia and take each project in stride.
“Excellent information! I am extraordinarily glad to look greater girls becoming a member of the Armed Forces and take each project in stride. It is an encouraging sign. My fine needs to Capt Shiva Chauhan,” he tweeted. Located withinside the Karakoram variety withinside the Himalayas, Siachen Glacier at the peak of round 20,000 ft is called the best militarised region withinside the world.