Leh Feb 21: Ladakh-based engineer, Sonam Wangchuk has now built a solar-powered military tent for the Indian Army at the Galwan Valley. This tent has the potential to accommodate 10 jawans and is fully portable with the weight of the tent is said to be less than 30 kilos.
Wangchuk also revealed that the tent could sustain even under sub-zero temperatures such as minus 14 degrees Celsius while pointing out that it was carbon neutral, replacing kerosene and tackling pollution.
Wangchuk had previously made a solar-heated mud hut project.
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