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Siachen open for tourists
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- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that the Siachen area is now open for tourists and tourism.
- He also inaugurated a strategically important bridge on the Shyok river in Eastern Ladakh.
- The ‘Col Chewang Rinchen Setu’ was constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at an altitude of 14650 feet in the forward area of Ladakh region.
About Siachen
- The Siachen Glacier is the world's highest battlefield.
- It is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas
- Karakoram is sometimes called the "Third Pole".
- It is just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends.
- In 2004, the then President of India Abdul Kalam became the first head of state to visit the area.
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the area in 2005.
- After that present Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited this place in 2014.
- The Indian Army had been allowing expeditions to Siachen in the late 1970s till they came to a total stop in 1984.
- In 1984, India launched Operation Meghdoot, a military operation that gave India control over all of the Siachen Glacier.
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