Cycling expedition from Siachen War Memorial

A cycling expedition to honour the Kargil War martyrs was launched from the Siachen War Memorial in Ladakh on Tuesday.

The Sura-Soi Engineer Regiment participated in the mission, which would conclude on 23 July at the Kargil War Memorial, according to Indian Army officials. “A cycling expedition from Siachen War Memorial to Kargil War Memorial was flagged off today to pay homage to the martyrs of Kargil War. Sura-Soi Engineer Regiment is taking part in the expedition which will culminate on July 23 July at Kargil War Memorial,” said the Indian Army officials.

In celebration of India’s 75th anniversary of independence, a 20-person team from the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, led by female officers, set out earlier on July 2 on a cycling trip from Delhi to the Drass valley in the Kargil area of Ladakh.

The expedition was launched from the National War Memorial in New Delhi by Lieutenant General MU Nair, the Signal Officer-in-Chief and Senior Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Signals, and Air Marshal R Radhish, the Senior Air Staff Officer of the Western Air Command.

These cyclists were tasked to cover 1,600 km in 24 days, which would be culminating at the Kargil War Memorial in Drass on July 25 to commemorate a fitting tribute to the brave martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil War. The expedition’s goal was to inspire young Indians to become more patriotic, as the cyclists were intended to interact with schoolchildren along the way. They would serve as a guiding light for the future leaders of the nation, who will have boundless fire and excitement.

Major Srishti Sharma, a second-generation officer in the Corps of Signals, led the team of bikers on July 2. She received the Chief of Integrated Staff Commendation Card in 2019 for her contributions to various technical-based intelligence operations. Flagging in of the team at Drass was carried out by Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command.