Memorial at Base Camp, Siachen Glacier

The posts in Siachen Glacier are sited after due mapping so as to ensure their safety from avalanche threat. This is reviewed on a regular basis. On occurrence of the avalanche, a command and control set up is activated at Base Camp Siachen to monitor the incident and to coordinate induction of rescue team and equipment to the site. Rescue equipment like Avalanche Victim Detectors, special mountaineering equipment, ice drilling machines as well as Avalanche Rescue Dogs are employed to locate and rescue the victims. Best medical facilities as available are provided to the casualties.
Keeping in mind the advances in technology, efforts are made to continuously upgrade the equipment for avalanche rescue, mobility and communication to enhance capability for avalanche rescue and survival in glaciated areas.
Siachen War Memorial already exists at the Base Camp of Siachen and names of all soldiers who lay down their lives in Siachen while safeguarding the frontiers of the nation are engraved on the said memorial.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Tarun Vijay in Rajya Sabha today.
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