‘Operation Blue Freedom’
- August 13, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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‘Operation Blue Freedom’
Subject: Government Schemes
- It is a special initiative by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
- Under this initiate 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.
- The team of people with disabilities trained by ‘Team CLAW’ a team of Armed Forces veterans.
Siachen Glacier:
- The Siachen Glacieris a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about 421226°N 77.109540°E, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends.
- At 76 km (47 mi) long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world’s non-polar areas.
- At 76 km (47 mi) long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world’s non-polar areas.
- The Siachen Glacier lies immediately south of the great drainage divide that separates the Eurasian Plate from the Indian subcontinent in the extensively glaciated portion of the Karakoram sometimes called the “Third Pole”. The glacier lies between the Saltoro Ridge immediately to the west and the main Karakoram range to the east.