Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home, Government of India, flagged-off a fifteen members SSB Mountaineering Team to scale 23,360 feet high Trishul Peak in Uttrakhand, in a grand function organised at Force Headquarter, Sashastra Seema Bal, New Delhi on September 2. On this occasion, Rijiju said that mountaineering is a enterprising compassion and it gave inspiration to maintain patience and hope in any hard situation. It communicates enterprising skill in force personnel. Therefore, such types of compassion should be organised continuously in a force to motivate its personnel.
On the occassion, Bansi Dhar Sharma, Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal said that SSB had a long experience and expertise to organise and conduct such campaign. SSB personnel have conquered many peaks such as Mount Everest, Noon, Nada Devi, Nanda Khat, Tharkot, Santopansh, Kedardom, Hanuman Tibba, Jogin two and Jogin three, Bhagirathi two, Baljari, Bandor poonch, Black peak and some other peaks conquered by SSB personnels. DG SSB further expressed his confidence that mountaineering team of SSB will conquer Trishul and make all SSB personnel and the nation proud. The welcome speech was addressed by S Bandopadhyay which was followed by a brief presentation on planning and trekking route by Commandant Somit Joshi, the leader of the expedition. Thereafter, the Chief Guest was introduced with the expedition members.