An army team, led by Lt Colonel Ranveer Jamwal from Jammu and Kashmir, has scaled the Mount Everest. Army spokesman in Udhampur said that the Indian Army mountaineering team scaled the mountain yesterday morning despite unfavourable weather conditions.
He said that the expedition to scale the world’s highest peak at 8,848 metres was launched after a hiatus of two years following the Nepal earthquake. The team included one junior commissioned officer (JCO) and personnel of five other ranks. Chief of the Army staff General Dalbir Singh has congratulated the team for its achievement.