To commemorate its Platinum Jubilee year, Territorial Army (TA) has launched the first ever expedition from ‘Siachen Glacier in Ladakh to the Indira Point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands’. The 21-member expedition was flagged off from Siachen Glacier on 30 July 2024. It will traverse a distance of approximately 5,500 km through land, air and sea by cycling, sailing and scuba diving, the PRO of Ministry of Defence informed.

The expedition team reached New Delhi on 21st August 2024, where it paid homage at the National War Memorial. The expedition was flagged off from New Delhi on 22nd August, for its further journey to Indira Point, by Lieutenant General Rakesh Kapoor, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination). Lieutenant General Raju Baijal, Director General of Territorial Army and other senior officials from the Army also participated in the event.

The expedition will now cycle through the entire length of the Nation till Chennai from where the team will move to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. After traversing southwards through the Nicobar Islands, the expedition will terminate at Indira Point, the southernmost tip of India, where the Tricolour will be hoisted underwater at a depth of 40 mtr.

Along the way, the team will continue to undertake public awareness activities addressing the issues of national integration, environment consciousness, know your Army, etc. The expedition team is also honouring the Veterans and families of military personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty.

The Territorial Army (TA) will complete 75 years of raising on 9th October 2024. It was raised in 1949 after the enactment of Territorial Army Act 1948.