Tricolour measuring 7,500 sq ft, weighing 75 kg hoisted atop Mt Rhenock
Darjeeling: The National Flag measuring 7,500 sq ft and weighing 75 kilograms, was hoisted atop Mt Rhenock at an altitude of 16,500 ft above sea level to celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
National Flag was hoisted at the point named after the first freedom fighter from Sikkim, Trilochan Pokhrel fondly remembered as Gandhi Pokhrel. The feat was recorded as the biggest Indian National Flag hoisted atop a mountain in the Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged in a climb-a-thon organised by Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling, to celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, in New Delhi.
The climb-a-thon was organised at four smaller peaks of the Sikkim Himalayas from April 20-25, 2021. The climb-a-thon, under the leadership of Group Captain Jai Kishan, was conducted at Mt Rhenock, Mt Frey, Mt BC Roy and Mt Palung, by a team of 125 mountaineers.
