Photos taken, GPS logging done, India wraps up first set of patrols in Depsang Plains
New Delhi: Riding on Zanskari horses with rifles slung upside down on their backs, Indian troops Wednesday completed the first set of patrols in the Depsang Plains covering the remaining patrolling point PP13, ThePrint has learnt.
Soldiers resumed patrolling in the critical Depsang Plains on 5 November, following an agreement reached by both sides on the 21st of the previous month.
On that day, troops carried out patrols only to PP 10, but not PP 11, 11A, 12, and 13 in the Depsang Plains as both sides had decided only one or two PPs would be covered at a time. The idea was to take it slow and build confidence in each other.
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