evidence: The world’s highest battlefield could be your next travel destination, as India opens Siachen Glacier to tourists. According to reports, India’s Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh announced this on Monday in Ladakh when he was there to inaugurate a bridge across River Shyok. Singh further stressed on Ladakh’s potential as an important tourist destination in India. The Siachen area being opened to tourists means that now you can travel from the Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post. This has been confirmed by a tweet from the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh. The decision comes months after declaring Ladakh as a Union Territory. The Siachen Glacier is on the eastern Karakoram Range in the Himalayas, and India took over the territory in 1984 in an operation called