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Updated On: 26 August, 2009 07:19 AM IST | | Amit Singh
Army flags off expedition to Mount Satopanth in Uttarakhand to clean the snow-capped peak
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Army flags off expedition to Mount Satopanth in Uttarakhand to clean the snow-capped peak
The earth is heating up and so are the mountains.
Every year hundreds of back-packers and tourists visit the peaks but tend to leave behind leftovers as their footprints.
To not let the magnitude of this problem turn grave and add this as another factor for global warming, the Indian Army flagged off an expedition to summit Mount Satopanth part of Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand to clean the snow-capped mountains by collecting wastes while returning back.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
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Aiming high: GoC Kharga Corps Lt Gen Chetinder Singh (centre sitting) with the expedition team; (right) a soldier with climbing gear Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
