Shimla : A 20 member team set off from Shimla to Jammu & Kashmir’s Ladakh region here Monday .The expedition will take 12 days and will scale the 5345 m high Laddakh peak in the Pir Panjal range .
The team consists of members of the home guards and civil defence . The team is jointly led by Anuj Tomar and Rakesh Bharadwaj .
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