Senior Army officers attend seminar
Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Oct 6: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Brig (Retd) BD Mishra said today that the people of Ladakh have been in forefront along with the Army in defending the nation.
He was addressing a seminar here on ‘Historical Perspective of Ladakh: Crossroads of Civilisations’ organized by the Leh-based 14 Corps of the Indian Army here.
Northern Command chief Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 14 Corps Lt Gen Rashim Bali besides other senior and civil officers attended the seminar.
In his address, the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh spoke about history, geography, people, security and developmental aspects of Ladakh.
In his keynote address, Brig Mishra lauded the contribution of the Ladakhi citizens and stated that they have been in forefront along with the Army in defending the nation.
“The officer means someone who serves the people, officer means care for the public by maintaining transparency, accountability, probity, equal dispensation, self-audit and mid-course correction,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
Senior Army officers also addressed the seminar and spoke in detail about historic perspective of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
India and China armies have been facing each other along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh for more than three years now. While disengagement has taken place from some of the areas, the troops of both the countries remained engaged at many other friction points.
However, no untoward incident has taken place on the LAC for past quite some time now.
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