{"id":52726,"date":"2014-07-26T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T08:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=52726"},"modified":"2014-07-26T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T08:10:04","slug":"50-indian-soldiers-die-in-siachen-in-3-yrs-52726","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/50-indian-soldiers-die-in-siachen-in-3-yrs-52726\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Indian soldiers die in Siachen in 3 yrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52727\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-52727 \" alt=\"Indian soldiers patrolling in Siachen glacier. File pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Indian-Soldiers-Siachen-Nationalturk-26-477x360.jpg\" width=\"429\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Indian-Soldiers-Siachen-Nationalturk-26-477x360.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Indian-Soldiers-Siachen-Nationalturk-26-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Indian-Soldiers-Siachen-Nationalturk-26.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian soldiers patrolling in Siachen glacier. File pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>50 Indian soldiers were killed in Siachen glacier, world\u2019s highest battlefield, in last\u00a0 three years.<\/h1>\n<p>New Delhi, July 26\/Nationalturk \u2013 At least 50 Indian soldiers have been killed in Siachen glacier, world\u2019s highest battlefield, in last\u00a0 three years due to hostile weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c24 Indian soldiers deployed at Siachen glacier died in 2011. Of them 10 tied of landslide\/flood and avalanches and 14 others due to environmental and climatic conditions,\u201d India\u2019s defence minister Arun Jaitley informed lawmakers in Lok Sabha, lower house of Indian parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about 35.421226\u00b0N 77.109540\u00b0E, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control (defacto border) between India and Pakistan ends.<\/p>\n<h2>Siachen glacier is world\u2019s highest battlefield<\/h2>\n<p>Siachen glacier is world\u2019s highest battlefield, where Indian and Pakistani used to clash frequently before November 2003 ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Indian defence minister said 12 soldiers died of hostile weather conditions in Siachen in 2012. \u201cIn 2013, 10 soldiers died of avalanches and climatic conditions in the glacier while this year so far 4 soldiers have died of hostile weather conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said Indian soldiers deployed in Siachen glacier are suitably equipped, trained and organized to face the operational challenges and carry out their mandated tasks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll efforts are made to minimise the casualties by providing suitable infrastructure, habitat, medical support and casualty evacuation procedures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian defence minister said Indian government is cognizant of the strategic importance of Siachen and requisite forces have been deployed in the area keeping in view the threat perception, ground situation and other operational aspects.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and environmental experts have been calling for demilitarisation of the glacier but India has rejected the proposal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Asia News<\/b><strong>\/ NationalTurk India News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 Indian soldiers were killed in Siachen glacier, world\u2019s highest battlefield, in last  three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,1,118,101,14],"tags":[58574,71798,71799,43110,38940,71801,71797,2546,46907,45553,8216,71800,71796,47255,8662,54633,57607,636,39589],"class_list":["post-52726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-general","category-hot","category-politics","category-world","tag-arun-jaitley","tag-avalanches","tag-climatic-conditions","tag-defacto-border","tag-demilitarisation","tag-himalaya-mountains","tag-hostile-weather","tag-india","tag-indias-defence-minister","tag-indian-parliament","tag-indian-soldiers","tag-karakoram-range","tag-killed-in-siachen-glacier","tag-lawmakers","tag-line-of-control","tag-lok-sabha","tag-lower-house","tag-pakistan","tag-worlds-highest-battlefield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}