Bombay Sappers 200 years celebration : Army expedition to Mt Baljuri flagged off
New Delhi, August 29, 2019 : The Indian Army’s Bombay Engineer Group & Centre (BEG &C), Kirkee, Pune, will be celebrating its 200 Glorious years of existence in January 2020. Mount Baljuri a Rock & snow type peak is located in the fascinating region of Pindari Glacier Bagashwar in Uttrakhand. A team of four Officers and 16 Other Ranks led by Major P Arvind including one Medical Officer will attempt to summit the peak on 22 September 2019.
The peak is at a lofty elevation of 5922 meters and the climb requires a sound knowledge of technical climbing. The Bombay Sappers Mountaineering Expedition to Mount Baljuri was flagged off by Lieutenant General SK Shrivastava, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Engineer-in-Chief, Integrated Headquarter (IHQ) of Minister of Defence (Army), in presence of Lieutenant General Michael Mathews, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal (Bar), Colonel Commandant, ‘The Bombay Sappers’ on 29 August 2019 from Kashmir House and New Delhi.
The Mountaineering Expedition is a befitting tribute to the troops of Bombay Sappers who have perfectly epitomized courage and sacrifice in the last two centuries.
