Army finalises deal to acquire 12 patrol boats for surveillance of Pangong lake, different water our bodies

The Indian Army has finalised procurement of 12 high-performance patrol boats to reinforce its surveillance of enormous water our bodies, together with the Pangong Lake in japanese Ladakh the place India and China are locked in a bitter border standoff since early May.
The Army stated it inked a contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd, a state-run public sector endeavor, for 12 quick patrol boats for surveillance and patrolling of enormous water our bodies, together with these in excessive altitude areas.
“Delivery would commence from May 2021,” the Army tweeted.
Official sources stated the boats are being procured for surveillance of Pangong lake in addition to different water our bodies in mountainous areas.
In a press release, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) stated it signed a contract with the Indian Army for provide of the ‘high performance specialised patrol crafts’ on Thursday and that they are going to be fitted with specialised tools to fulfill the requirement of the drive.
“These craft will be constructed at GSL, Goa and will be only few crafts in the world for such specialized operations,” it stated in a short assertion.
Nearly 50,000 Indian Army troops are deployed in a excessive state of fight readiness in varied mountainous places in japanese Ladakh in sub-zero temperatures as a number of rounds of talks between the 2 sides haven’t yielded concrete end result to resolve the standoff.
China has additionally deployed an equal variety of troops, in keeping with officers.
The eighth and final spherical of army talks had taken place on November 6 throughout which either side broadly mentioned disengagement of troops from particular friction factors.
Last week, Army Chief Gen MM Naranave visited varied high-altitude ahead areas in japanese Ladakh, together with these across the Pangong lake, and reviewed India’s total army preparedness.
Around three-and-half months again, Indian troops occupied a lot of strategic heights within the Mukhpari, Rechin La and Magar hill areas across the southern financial institution of the Pangong lake after the Chinese army tried to intimidate them within the space on the intervening evening of August 29 and 30.

The Pangong lake and areas round it are thought-about essential. India has stepped up surveillance of the lake after the standoff started in early May.
The face-off started on May 5 following violent clashes between the 2 armies within the Pangong lake space. The incident in Pangong Tso was adopted by the same incident in north Sikkim on May 9.