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J&K boy scales Mt Everest

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 5/30/2017 1:06:33 AM

JAMMU, May 29: Hailing from village Gurabeldaran, Hiranagar, Kathua, Jammu boy Rahul Jangral has created history by scaling Mount Everest (8848 m). He scaled the Mount Everest at 7.45 AM on May 27.
Jangral was part of the 4-member ONGC employees team including Loveraj Singh, Yogender Garbiyal, N Jagoi and Rahul himself, who successfully summitted the Mount Everest under the guidance of Padma Shri Loveraj Singh Dharamshaktu, Assistant Commandant BSF, representing Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF).
With this feat, ONGC has become one of the first Corporate in the world to successfully scale the Everest.
Yogender and Loveraj conquered the peak at 0610 hours, while Rahul and Jagoi summitted the same at 0745 hours.
With this successful mission, the son of the soil, Rahul Jarngal has become the first person from Hiranagar to conquer the Everest.
Working as AEE Instrumentation, ONGC Hazira Plant, Surat in Gujarat, Jangral has the distinction of being exceptional in sports and academics.
After passing his 12th class from JNV Basohli, Rahul had joined NIT Jalandhar for B Tech and is presently in the elite group of Engineers at ONGC.
Son of Banarsi Dass (retired Assistant Commissioner NVS) and Kamala Devi (Child Development Project Officer-ICDS Mahore), Rahul has the honour of being an athlete to almost perfection, having participated in National Level Athletic Competitions in the events like long jump, triple jump, sprint and long distance races and won good number of medals at the national scene.