Thermally regulated shelters for soldiers

Indian Army at high altitude will now have integrated thermally regulated shelters for protection from severe cold and extreme climactic conditions. The indigenous shelters made by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), were handed over to the Indian Army on Thursday at the Leh-based 14 Corps headquarters.

The DRDO laboratory DIHAR has designed and developed these shelters, which are equipped with integrated temperature regulators, bio-digesters and air monitoring systems.

DRDO has come up with a new treatment modality for protection of soldiers against cold injuries which otherwise may lead to amputation of the affected parts, as soldiers on the glacier face extremes of weather, a very high wind chill factor, freezing temperature up to minus 50 degrees, low oxygen, and other hazards.