New Delhi: In Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, soldiers have been battling with a lack of necessary clothes, snow goggles, and adequate ration. The reason for this was the delay in the procurement process during the UPA-2 government. While there was a 98 percent shortage of ice glasses during this period, the soldiers could not get high-calorie ration as per the requirement. It was 82 percent short.
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At the same time, it is being said that this has been revealed in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) presented in Parliament on Monday. The report said that in high altitude areas like Siachen, Ladakh, and Dokalam, soldiers need to be provided with suitable clothes, equipment, and special rations to enable them to withstand inclement weather and diseases in extreme cold. The CAG, in its report from 2015-2016 to 2017-18, found that there was a four-year delay in the procurement of clothes and equipment, forcing the soldiers to suffer from its acute shortage. Due to this, the shortage of snow glasses increased from 62 percent to 98 percent. Not only this, the soldiers did not issue multi purpose boots between November 2015 and September 2016.
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At the same time, reports have revealed that 1,16732 Camp Metres (mattresses) were needed and the company was ordered in June 2013. However, the company did not supply a single mattress. Not only this, but the company's order was also not canceled due to non-supply. Similarly, the Ordnance Factory of Dehradun was ordered to have 9,61,605 spectacles in December 2010 and May 2016, but not a single spec was supplied.
