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Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020
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Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

New Delhi: A group of Indian soldiers, armed with their rifles slung upside down on their back, riding on ponies, carried out their first patrolling in the Depsang Plains on Monday since 2020. Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that the group, about a section strength (10 to 12), crossed over the bottleneck area mid-morning, which opens into the Depsang Plains. The soldiers were accompanied by ponies. Sources said that Indian troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10. Show Full Article Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled. The idea is to take it slow and build up confidence about each other, the sources said.They said that after crossing t...
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Indian & Chinese troops start disengagement at Depsang. What the LAC pact entails
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Indian & Chinese troops start disengagement at Depsang. What the LAC pact entails

Also, graziers will now be allowed to graze their cattle in areas that were earlier declared as buffer zones, but this will be coordinated.Sources said that the disengagement process at Depsang started Wednesday. “It is happening as per agreed terms in terms of the percentage of what has to be dismantled and when troops have to be pulled back,” a source said.The pace of the disengagement in Demchok was not immediately clear, but sources had earlier said that at least one tent had been removed earlier. Expanding on the agreement between India and China, sources said it allows for patrolling to be restarted at all Patrolling Points (PP) the two sides used in April 2020 before the tensions began.This involves patrolling not just in Depsang and Demchok but also along the northern banks of Pang...
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Depsang ‘resolved’, patrolling to ‘agreed perceived LAC’. What India & China have agreed on
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Depsang ‘resolved’, patrolling to ‘agreed perceived LAC’. What India & China have agreed on

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to resume patrolling to the “agreed perceived Line of Actual Control,” including in Depsang Plains and Demchok, though there is unlikely to be any immediate thinning down of troops other than those pulled back in the winter as is the norm, ThePrint has learnt. Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that resumption of patrolling along the LAC, which will come to a halt again once the winter sets in, is the first step to full-scale disengagement. They added that there would be a reduction of troops in the winter, as has been the practice over the last four years, and during this time both countries would continue to discuss complete disengagement. It was not immediately clear if the patrolling will resume based on pre-2020 SOPs ...
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