proof me that india is not loosing its soldiers in siachen i will accept it
you are saying that your army have become stronger by staying in siachen they became rajnikant type stuff who can survive in -50 temp hahahahaha
What we have learnt from Siachen is useful to entire Humanity and not just our army. Your comprehension skills fail you, miserably.
DRDO
Commendation Card for Studies in Avalanche Problems in Siachen to Col K C Agrawal for 1985 .
Commendation Card for studies of Snow and Avalanche Problems in Siachen to Capt Anup Singh Dogra for 1988.
Sena Medal for Services of exceptional order in establishing AWS in Siachen to Sub TK Mukhopadhyay for 1999.
http://www.genecampaign.org/Publication/Article/Biodiversity/Indo Pak Peace.pdf
India and Pakistan , as the entire sub- continent is home to several thousand species of plant, insect
and animal life. This biological wealth is one of the most sought after resources in the world today.
The Indian subcontinent contains some of the most important biodiversity Hot -Spot areas of the
world, regions where a particularly rich and varied level of biodiversity is found in high
concentrations. This region is home to several varieties of food and cash crops and has contributed
significantly to the stability in global agriculture. The famed Basmati being poached by America ,
belongs to the Indo- Pak region. The subcontinent has contributed atleast 20,000 varieties of rice to
the International Gene Bank in the Philippines. Similarly it has contributed many kinds of pulses, peas
and beans , other kinds of cereal like ragi , vegetables and spices to various gene banks across the
world.
A Gene Bank is one of the facilities necessary to conserve the fast eroding genetic diversity in our
fields. If we fail to conserve our genetic (biological ) diversity, we risk the future food security of this
country , as also of the world. In addition to plant varieties in agriculture, there is an urgent need to
save our forest resources, the animal and fish varieties in our rivers , the insects and the
microorganisms of our region. Biological resources not only constitute the basis of our food security
and the foundation of our rural and tribal economies. In this era of biotechnology, the raw material of
which is biological resources, these are a very valuable economic resource and highly sought after by
the multinational biotechnology industry. The need to conserve our biological wealth is greater than
ever before
Making a gene bank in the Siachen would really be quite a simple affair. All the technical know-how
is available at the National Gene Bank in Delhi. What is essentially required is for seed samples to be
treated appropriately for long term storage, put into special aluminium pouches, labelled properly and
put into the bank. What is important is that the samples can be retrieved periodically and sent back
to the field to test that nothing has gone wrong in storage and that they are still viable . The seeds
derived from these grown-out samples can go back to the bank. Suitable sites in the Siachen can be
selected as , so to speak, Ice Cupboards where boxes containing the aluminium pouches can be
stored.
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Vegetable seeds have been developed that can be cultivated in Siachen. Lot of other products have been developed for military use in Siachen that also have civil use.
