Government of India has accorded sanction to Team CLAW to lead | UPSC Current Affairs Daily

Government of India has accorded sanction to Team CLAW to lead a team of people with disabilities to scale Siachen Glacier and create a new world record for the largest team of people with disabilities.

This is the land world record expedition part of ‘Operation Blue Freedom Triple World Records’ being undertaken
Triple Elemental World Records is a series of world records being attempted by the team in 2021 of collectives of people with disabilities achieving great feats on land, in air and underwater.
About the Expedition:
Initially, a team of 20 people with disabilities would be selected to undergo training, after which the final expedition team shall be selected.
Final expedition team (including a minimum of 6 people with disabilities), who will trek from the Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post.
Kumar post is located at an altitude of about 15,632 feet.
Team CLAW
 Team CLAW (Conquer Land Air Water) is a team of ex-Indian Special Forces commandos.
Generally, all are either from Indian Army Para Commandos or the Naval Marine Commandos, also known as the MARCOS.
These veterans have multiple specialisations - not just in combat but also in other elite skills such as skydiving, scuba diving, mountaineering, emergency medical response and all-terrain survival amongst others.
The initiative was taken by Major Vivek Jacob, a Para (Special Forces) officer.
Operation Blue Freedom
Operation Blue Freedom is a social impact venture aimed at rehabilitating people with disabilities through adaptive adventure sports.
It aims to shatter the common perception of pity, charity and inability associated with people with disabilities and recreate it to one of dignity, freedom and ability.
Further, their focus is to ‘design and implement sustainable large-scale employment solutions’ for people with disabilities, especially in the ‘Environment conservation and Sustainability’ space.
It was launched in 2019 by Team CLAW.
CLAW Global: Team CLAW is in the process of setting up centres across the globe where-in Special Forces Veterans and People with Disabilities are merging in action for creating a better life experience, for not only persons with disability but the non-disabled as well.