Itanagar, Feb. 25 -- Troops of the Gajraj Corps have successfully conducted specialised avalanche safety and rescue drills in collaboration with expert trainers from the Tiranga Mountain Rescue Team (TMR), significantly enhancing operational preparedness in extreme high-altitude terrain.
A Defence spokesman here today said the intensive training was held in remote frontier areas of Arunachal Pradesh across the rugged stretches of the Eastern Himalayas at altitudes exceeding 14,000 feet. The programme focused on avalanche risk assessment, rapid response protocols, casualty location and extraction techniques, snow survival strategies and critical decision-making under extreme weather and terrain conditions.
The immersive drills simulated re...