Viral video: Army jawan stands firm in knee-deep snow amid storm in Kashmir

Screenshots from the viral video shows the soldier standing on guard even as a snow storm raged around him in Jammu and Kashmir.

While north India has been battling severely cold conditions owing to a western disturbance, heavy snowfall affected normal life in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Amid such conditions, a video of a soldier braving a snow storm in Kashmir while standing on guard in Kashmir is viral on social media.

Shared on Twitter by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Defence, Udhampur, the video has garnered more than 90 lakh views.

No easy hope or lies
Shall bring us to our goal,
But iron sacrifice
Of body, will, and soul.
There is but one task for all
One life for each to give
Who stands if Freedom fall? pic.twitter.com/X3p3nxjxqE

— PRO Udhampur, Ministry of Defence (@proudhampur) January 7, 2022

Twitter users were left in awe by the hard conditions the soldier had to endure while being on duty.

Knee deep in snow, finger on the trigger, facing a howling blizzard, he guards. You don’t know his name or his religion or his mother tongue; all you know is that he is from the Indian Army.

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Our heroes make us feel so inadequate without ever wanting to. pic.twitter.com/T0cOAPXXoN

— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) January 8, 2022

These men in Uniform can boil the ocean, thats why they r who they r. Superpower was not a myth.Who else can bear snow, rain, storm, and bleeds yet slain d evils if not Superhuman. We sleep bcz these men violently fight with violence. #JaiHind

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— Tania Ghosh (@tania15_ghosh) January 7, 2022

I felt immensely proud on seeing army guys patrolling around Srinagar, Pulwama,Pahalgham, Phase 2 of Gulmarg,Sonmarg.

The sacrifice these guys make is humongous n cannot be compensated with anything n it does take more than you can imagine to serve in these weather

— Best Quotes on Self Discovery (@navneetonlyme) January 8, 2022

The nation is indebted to these heroes-super heroes! We are safe because you are there on the border facing the most severest of conditions! Thank you Indian Army/Defence forces /p>— WorlikarA (@a_worlikar) January 7, 2022