NEW DELHI: 3 infantrymen were killed in a big avalanche within the central area of the forbidding Siachen Glacierthe very best and coldest battlefield on the planet, in northern Ladakh.Sepoy Mohit Kumar, Agniveer Niraj Kumar Choudhary and Agniveer Dabhi Rakesh Devabhai used to be trapped when the avalanche hit their ahead submit within the central glass the intervention of Sunday and Monday.“Their our bodies have been retrieved on Tuesday within the seek and rescue operation introduced after the avalanche,” an officer mentioned.India has misplaced over 1,200 infantrymen, together with round 40 officials, within the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge area since April 1984 when Indian troops occupied nearly all of the dominating heights from 15,000 to 22,000 toes within the area to pre-empt a identical strive by way of Pakistan underneath Operation Meghdoot.Over 75% of the casualties were led to by way of the critical terrain and climatic stipulations, with temperatures even dipping to minus 50 levels Celsius, somewhat than firing duels and trench conflict with enemy infantrymen.In recent times, the Military has stopped haemorrhaging with higher infrastructure, logistics and habitats in position, with the exception of the long-standing ceasefire with Pakistan alongside the 110-km Precise Floor Place Line within the area.