DRDO’s ‘sound’ solution to bust jawans’ stress
25 Dec 2012 6:33 AM IST
Soldiers sitting in their bunkers in snow-clad Siachen will soon get to feel sea waves, chirping of birds and winds passing through forests. That is if a DRDO project to break the monotonous environment and sense of isolation faced by them in the world’s highest battlefield becomes a success.
As part of its efforts to provide troops with ‘enriched environment’ at isolated locations, DRDO has started working on ‘Project Dhruv’ to develop new bunkers to tackle various forms of psychological issues and depression.
‘Project Dhruv is aimed at environment enrichment within the shelter. This is one of the components to remove stress in such isolated and forward areas,’ DRDO Chief Controller, Life Sciences, W Selvamurthy said.
The study will be completed in a year and will provide concrete results to move forward, Selvamurthy added. DRDO has taken a slew of measures to tackle depression among soldiers, which in recent past had led to various incidents of suicides and fratricides in the armed forces.
The premier defence research agency is planning to use state-of-art technology for the purpose and will equip the bunkers with some of the most modern amenities to ensure a better living for the jawans. ‘We are bringing in a lot of technology to bring down the stress among jawans. Environment enrichment in the bunkers is one such effort. How do we create an ambience, which will make it more pleasant and in turn will relieve the stress. We are doing an experiment to simulate the Like perching of birds, sounds of the waves of a sea in a bunker,’ Selvamurthy said.
‘Particularly for the forward posts where people are in isolation, we can create an enriched environment through technology. DIPR is currently doing the experiments. It is being done initially at forward posts in base camps,’ he said.
The shelters besides having various modes of simulated environment, will be equipped with green energy in form of solar and wind power units.
The shelters will have its own bio-digester facility to dispose of human waste and will have equipments to take care of altitude sickness and breath problems faced by troops at high mountains.
As part of its efforts to provide troops with ‘enriched environment’ at isolated locations, DRDO has started working on ‘Project Dhruv’ to develop new bunkers to tackle various forms of psychological issues and depression.
‘Project Dhruv is aimed at environment enrichment within the shelter. This is one of the components to remove stress in such isolated and forward areas,’ DRDO Chief Controller, Life Sciences, W Selvamurthy said.
The study will be completed in a year and will provide concrete results to move forward, Selvamurthy added. DRDO has taken a slew of measures to tackle depression among soldiers, which in recent past had led to various incidents of suicides and fratricides in the armed forces.
The premier defence research agency is planning to use state-of-art technology for the purpose and will equip the bunkers with some of the most modern amenities to ensure a better living for the jawans. ‘We are bringing in a lot of technology to bring down the stress among jawans. Environment enrichment in the bunkers is one such effort. How do we create an ambience, which will make it more pleasant and in turn will relieve the stress. We are doing an experiment to simulate the Like perching of birds, sounds of the waves of a sea in a bunker,’ Selvamurthy said.
‘Particularly for the forward posts where people are in isolation, we can create an enriched environment through technology. DIPR is currently doing the experiments. It is being done initially at forward posts in base camps,’ he said.
The shelters besides having various modes of simulated environment, will be equipped with green energy in form of solar and wind power units.
The shelters will have its own bio-digester facility to dispose of human waste and will have equipments to take care of altitude sickness and breath problems faced by troops at high mountains.
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