New Delhi: Army now wants 20 new avalanches saving radars from abroad to ensure it can quickly find soldiers buried under the snow during natural disasters in the area bordering China and Pakistan.
Tender or RFP (Request Proposal) for Procurement of Emergency Rescue Radar 20 Landslides, along with 3,000 handheld detectors and other accessories, determining the army wants shipping finished within 12 months of signing contract or before 31 August next year, which is early.
The contract will cover shipping to field weaponry depots at the North Command Head Office in Udhampur and training to several personnel from the High Altitude Warfare School (Haws) at Gulmarg.
Soldiers often suffer from victims because the soldiers were deployed in large quantities in landslide prone areas along the unresolved borders with China and Pakistan, including East Ladakh and Siachen glaciers.
“Victims related to landslides occur despite the best efforts in training, equipment and forecasting.
New radar, with equipment that is able to function at a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius, will assist in starting rescue efforts and showing the location of the soldier buried to help maximize survival opportunities their lives, “said an officer.
Incidentally, more than 1,000 Indian soldiers, including more than 35 officers, had lost their lives in the Ridge Glacier-Saltoro area since April 1984, when India’s operations Meghdhoot Meghdhoot strengthened Pakistani Ababeel’s operation to occupy almost all heights that dominate from 16,000 to 22,000 feet.
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About three quarters of these victims have been caused by heavy terrain and climate conditions in the Siasen region, with temperatures sometimes even dip into minus 60 degrees Celsius, rather than enemy fires.
In February 2016, for example, 10 soldiers had bad results from 19 Madras regiments – including Lance up Hanumanthappa Koppad which miraculously survived for more than eight days – killed after being buried under the landslide of the ice wall in the North Siachen glacier.
Army officers said soldiers deployed in high altitude areas were given previous training in mountain crafts, ice crafts, and survive in the swamp field to overcome any possibility such as avalanches, but sometimes it became impossible to fight with nature.