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Magazine1-4 Final.Qxd (Page 2) "Good scripts are.... Page 4 SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021 INTERNET EDITION : www.dailyexcelsior.com/sunday-magazine FORBEARANCE helps....Page 3 Lesser known challenges of Securing LADAKH Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) Chandigarh; many take commercial flights too. Transit camps dot the entire sector because there are enough per- For the least nine months experienced sonnel moving out of the LAC zone to Leh or moving from Leh to their locations. Acclimatization schedules also force hands from the Armed Forces community personnel into transit camps and such stays get longer have spoken and written extensively on when convoys are delayed or do not run due to the weath- er conditions. The only certainty about movement is that the ongoing standoff in Ladakh. By there will never be any certainty about how many days an now the public is quite familiar with individual will take to get home or return from home. Remember leave starts from the Chandigarh transit camp landmarks such as PangongTso, Daulat and from Jammu in case you go by road in summer. Yet Beg Oldi (DBO), Fingers Complex and the the Army's outstanding administration ensures no one ever goes hungry or does not have a roof over his head. At Kailash Range. Much has been heard of one time a senior logistician at the Headquarters Northern friction points Galwan and Hot Spring. Command admitted that one of his biggest challenges was the safety, security and welfare of almost 10,000 troops of The Republic Day honours have kindled memories of Ladakh and J&K who were on the road for one purpose or the valour of Colonel SantoshBabu, MVC and the men the other; movement in the Army is a usual feature from different units who supported him and his unit 16 because of a plethora of requirements. Transit camps are Bihar. Yet, whatever one may read about the operational great institutions and the lifeline of the movement system environment of Ladakh it is almost impossible to imagine in mountains. They are places where one gets educated the conditions and the life led there by our brave hearts. about sectors other than your own, the perils and chal- Ladakh is a high altitude desert connected to the rest of lenges that exist elsewhere; this mutual learning is almost Soldiers in Saichen braving all odds India through two existing routes. The first is from as good as a course of instruction. Officers and troops who Pathankot via Manali and the recently inaugurated Atal otherwise live isolated lives at posts and picquets at the effect is a major threat to health. Extremities of the body ensuring their full welfare. Sentries usually do two hour Tunnel (under the Rohtang Pass); the second is along the LAC find great solace in the limited periods of camaraderie tend to freeze up; nose, ear lobes, finger tips and toes. The duties. The challenge of being a sentry can be perceived axis Jammu-Srinagar-Zojila Pass-Kargil-Leh. These roads they enjoy with batch mates and other friends who they Army provides much fuel for warming and drying purpos- from the idea that at 2 AM a soldier snug in his sleeping traditionally close in Oct-Nov each year although this year run into at transit camps and in such flights. One of my es and a plethora of devices are bought by units from the bag in a fiberglass hut will have to get up, put on his boots, efforts to keep them open till as late as possible were made most painful memories of Chandigarh Transit Camp is that plains making use of welfare funds. Everything must have grab his weapon and ammunition and relieve the on duty by Border Roads Organisation(BRO) but heavy snow final- one has to rise at the unearthly hour of 2.30 AM to be at the a range of spare parts at all times because the sheer sentry; that itself is a shuddering thought because the tem- perature difference from inside the hut to the outside could ly brought those brave efforts to an end. Some new connec- airfield at 4 AM. Flights start taking off at 6 AM in the remoteness of the areas demands that you keep even suffi- be 30-40 degrees Centigrade. tivity will be available next year improving our ability to darkness of even icy winter mornings. The logic is simple; cient stove burner pins. The Army spares no efforts to ensure there is sufficien- execute rapid movement when required. The only connec- the earlier you land in Leh and the earlier you take off from Considering that majority of troops have been inducted cy of ration with a fairly diverse range. In the cold and at tivity now in winter is from the two airfields at Leh and there ensures that maximum possible load, contingent to new locations even at friction points where strength was heights appetite tends to dry up and the most popular Thoise. The former serves Leh, Kargil and Eastern Ladakh upon temperature can be carried back to Chandigarh. earlier much lessthere will be a dearth of built up habitat. meals are usually made up of soups, dals and the very pop- while the latter serves the Siachen sector. The heavy lift Rising temperatures by day reduce the takeoff carrying This will improve progressively in the next construction ular Maggi noodles. If Special Rations have been notified transport aircraft of the IAF which land at these airfields capacity of an aircraft. That is also the logic of why the IAF season; winter is not considered a construction season by any stretch of imagination. Some troops will stay in Arctic for the concerned area then expect to feast on Cadbury's almost every day are like angels from the sky for the tired combat aircraft have a decided advantage over PLAAF in tents which can be comfortable except when blizzards are Milk Bars and enough dry fruits to keep the calories high. and weather beaten soldiers. Leh itself at a height of 11000 Ladakh. It is because the IAF has its airfields at much blowing. Fire hazards are common because of the large The most important thing which keeps units and war- feet has a much deployment but the battle zone is well lower heights and can therefore take off with full laden amounts of inflammables present everywhere - fuel, tents riors going is the spirit of their bonding. India must never ahead of a mountainous system called the Ladakh Range. weight of fuel and munitions to reach the combat zone. The andfiberglass huts. No post is ever without sentries and ever think of doing away with the regimental system of the Remember most soldiers will not be home for family occa- PLAAF has its airfield in the Tibetan desert at heights of every activity is done in buddy pairs so that the buddies Indian Army. It's the lifeline in every dicey and dangerous sions, festivals and even important responsibilities such as 14000 to 16000 feet restricting the carriage of both. can support and rely on each other. The PLA obviously situation. The common badge, war cry and officer-man medical treatment of an elder. There is no predictability What is life like at the posts in Eastern Ladakh? I can does not believe in this considering that single soldiers relationship always keeps the flag flying high. about travel plans because it all depends on whether the only guess because I served there over 25 years ago. Once from its ranks tend to step out to perform duties and get (The author, a former GOC of Srinagar-based 15 Corps, is associated with the high passes are open and the convoys can come through. In acclimatized the respiration issues of personal health take disoriented enough to walk across the LAC; two such Vivekanand International Foundation and the Institute of Peace and Conflict winter since all move is by air soldiers live in transit camps a back seat but the intense cold, especially the wind chill awaiting their turn to get a transport aircraft based flight to young soldiers were returned by the Indian Army after Studies. He is the Chancellor of Central University of Kashmir.) "Look beyond rituals" No regrets for crippled, dead in ROAD SAFETY messages Sunny Dua a routine, violation of traffic laws in vogue and no one is ever held responsible for loss of lives. Did we ever care to ask Year old Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir about wellbeing of crippled people, did we ever care to know along with nation is observed Road Safety Month 2021 plight of families left behind those killed, did we ever fix the wherein department of transport besides police, NGOs and guilty, did we ever punish anyone for negligent driving, did students from schools and colleges sensitised people about we ever train drivers and taught them to respect lives or did various safety measures in a routine set by higher-ups that our engineers ever rectified roads that caused accidents ? are followed every year like a 'ritual'. This practice is going Answer to these questions in most cases come in negative. on for about two decades and to draw a parallel people are Like the Government comes out with data of fine collect- continuing to lose their lives or getting crippled on the killer ed, there should also have been a data of people suffering. roads of Jammu and Kashmir with no let-up in the dance of While we have a lot many stories to be told it is hoped that death. the story of this one girl can move authorities or shake up This year also scores of messages as part of road safety their conscience.
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