The citation recognises the unit's outstanding performance, devotion to duty, operational efficiency and acts of bravery in the Eastern Ladakh sector along the India-China border.
Armies of India and China have agreed to carry out one coordinated patrol every week in the Demchok and Depsang areas in eastern Ladakh sector and have already completed one round of patrolling there.
Disengagement between the Indian and Chinese Army is continuing in Depsang plains and Demchok in the Eastern Ladakh sector and is expected to be completed soon, defence sources said.
Earlier, Indian defence officials had said that the disengagement of troops of India and China has started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
Defence officials on Friday said that the disengagement of troops of India and China has started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
India and China are likely to hold the 19th round of Corps Commander Level talks on Monday at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the Eastern Ladakh sector to resolve the ongoing military standoff between the two countries for over three years.
The Army in the recent past has inducted the made-in-India Dhanush howitzer which has been developed based on the Transfer of Technology for the Bofors howitzers and has been made more advanced.
Seeking to resolve the three-year-old military standoff, India and China are holding the 18th round of Corps Commander Level talks on Sunday (today) l at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
After the Indian Army recently cleared women officers for command roles, Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers has become the first woman officer to take over command of an Independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector with China.
With an aim to get fresh drinking water for the troops in the Eastern Ladakh sector even in freezing winters, the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army are making ponds at numerous locations.
Amid reports of Chinese buildup across the Line of Actual Control, the Indian Army has built infrastructure for housing 450 tanks and over 22,000 troops in the Eastern Ladakh sector opposite China, defence sources said.
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Armies of India and China on Tuesday completed the disengagement process in the Gogra Heights-Hot Springs area near Patrolling Point-15 in the eastern Ladakh sector, according to government sources.