From the interview content (the line from Mr. Singh ' I don t know when it was occupied, could have been 1984) points to inadequate surveilance from the Indian side only. It seems they were complacent the glacier coul dnot be occupied or Pak did not have the wherewithal and intention to do that. In other words India was caught napping and the nap actually was deep slumber fro three years. No doubt Pak got very bold after that and J&K turned into the nightmare it is. Wonder if at least aerial surveliance could have given some prior knowledge.
RE:The Siachen glacier
by RAJ KUMAR on Jun 26, 2007 12:57 PM Permalink
Dear Sitarama
Siachen or area surrounding Siachen is nothing but snow (whether it is peaks/crevacs/passes. FOr the great Indian goverment this place is of no value. Remember Words of Nehru when china captured Ladakh he said " So what it is a desert and produces nothing". This is what is the attitude of Politician towards MAinland and who cares how many died fighting and one figures which i think will always remain disputed. There are thousands who died of inclement weather/snowbite/diseases and accidents. I am not at all surprized to see congress goverment attitude towards Siachen and Pakistan.But you cant blame this goverment. In India we have puppet PM as head of goverment and in Pakistan they have Puppet master president as head of goverment. With Pratibha Patil taking over as president it will be just an icing on the cake. God bless this nation. Soldiers like Lt. Pande and Capt Bana Singh will keep scrificing their life for the nation and these coward lot of politicians will never understand the sufferings/miseries of soldiers and their families.
