Leh: Captain Shiva Chouhan of Fire and Fury Sappers, the first Woman Officer to be operationally deployed at Siachen Glacier has successfully completed 100 days at the world’s highest battlefield in unforgiving weather conditions and freezing winter temps.
The officer was posted at the Kumar post, located at an altitude of around 15,600 feet in Siachen in January 2023, and was put through a rigorous one-month training including endurance training, ice wall climbing, avalanche and crevasse rescue and survival drills, at the Siachen Battle School alongside other officers of the Indian Army.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 3 had lauded Captain Shiva Chouhan’s deployment saying this highlights the spirit of India’s Nari Shakti.
