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Pradeep Kumar

14/08/21 10:00 AM IST

Operation Blue Freedom – Land World Record at Siachen Glacier

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Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment to Flag-Off ‘Operation Blue Freedom – Land World Record at Siachen Glacier’

Details
  • People with disabilities from across the country will undertake an expedition till Siachen Glacier to create a new World Record for the largest team of people with disabilities to reach the world’s highest battlefield.
  • Recently, The Government of India has permitted a team of people with disabilities to scale Siachen Glacier.
  • The team of people with disabilities trained by ‘Team CLAW’ a team of Armed Forces veterans.
  • The selected people with disabilities from across the country will undertake an expedition till Kumar Post (Siachen Glacier) to create a new World Record for the largest team of people with disabilities to reach the world’s highest battlefield.
Significance
  • The successful execution of this pioneering expedition, ‘Operation Blue Freedom’, shall firmly place India on the global stage as a leader in empowering Divyangjanand set a benchmark for other nations to emulate.
  • This will drive The Prime Minister, Shri Narender Modi’s vision for Divyangjan and MSJE’s pursuit to harness the immense productive potential of people with disabilities.
  • Simultaneously, it will powerfully portray the skill and heart of India’s Armed Forces not only on the Battlefield but off it as well.
Source: PIB

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