Leh: Army Chief General Manoj Pande to visit the forward areas of eastern Ladakh and interact with troops deployed along the Line of Actual Control.
The Army said, “during his three-day visit Gen Pande will visit forward areas in Eastern Ladakh and interact with troops deployed along the Line of Actual Control in the most difficult and inhospitable terrain in the world.”
Gen Pande reached Leh on Thursday for a three days visit where he was briefed on the security situation along the borders with special focus on Eastern Ladakh. He also met Lt Governor of Ladakh RK Mathur and held detailed discussion on issues related to Civil-Military cooperation and the role of Indian Army in developmental activities in the Union Territory of Ladakh. He was accompanied by Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, who took over as the Northern Army Commander in February, and Lt Gen A Sengupta, who took charge of the XIV Corps facing China, in January
This is Gen Pande’s maiden visit to Ladakh after he took over as the Army Chief. The visit comes even as the more than two-year long standoff between India and China in eastern Ladakh remains unresolved. Pande will visit the forward areas in eastern Ladakh too.
