CDS, Air Force chief focus on operational points in Ladakh

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Monday visited Ladakh and mentioned operational points with senior officers of the Air Force and the Army, amid the standoff between India and China in jap Ladakh.
The visits come at a time when either side have decreased a sure variety of troops from the area. Top sources within the Army stated {that a} slight thinning in deployment by either side started in December, however it was solely within the depth areas and never from the frontlines.
Both sides have round 50,000 troops every within the area, together with further air defence property, artillery and tanks.

However, sources stated China is constant to construct infrastructure close to a number of friction factors alongside the Line of Actual Control, together with Galwan Valley and Spanggur Gap. A senior Army officer stated that China is “consolidating” and is “digging its heels” by constructing infrastructure.
Another senior Army officer stated that India too is constructing infrastructure on its aspect of the LAC, as how the occasions will pan out round April, May, when the summer time begins, shouldn’t be recognized but.
While Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria visited Advanced Landing Grounds, together with the strategically essential Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), within the area on Monday, General Rawat is scheduled to go to the ahead areas on Tuesday morning. The CDS obtained complete briefings on the XV Corps Headquarters in Leh.

In an announcement, the Air Force stated that the Air Chief Marshal “undertook a visit to Air Force Stations and Advanced Landing Grounds in Ladakh” on Monday, and “interacted with field commanders and was briefed on the preparedness and status of deployed forces at air bases as well as in the forward areas. He also interacted with IAF and Indian Army personnel deployed at these locations”.

During his go to to Thoise, Air Force stated, “he reviewed the ongoing logistic operations for support and sustenance of troops in the winter season” and visited “DBO and Nyoma ALGs where he was given a security overview in the respective sub-sectors”.
“Prior to his departure,” Air Force stated that Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria “joined the CDS for a comprehensive discussion on operational matters with senior IAF and Indian Army Commanders at Air Force Station Leh”.