Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande was on a three-day visit to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand to review the security situation along the Line of Actual Control with China in this sector.
Please click on the images for glimpse of General Pande at the LAC.
IMAGE: General Pande was briefed on the prevailing security situation by commanders at a forward area in the Central Sector.
Photograph: Indian Army Twitter/ANI Photo
IMAGE: The chief of army staff with soldiers who serve in the sector.
Photograph: Indian Army twitter/ANI Photo
IMAGE: A soldier who serves in the sector briefs the COAS. On General Pande's right, in a red beret, is Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri, the Central Army Commander.
Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: General Pande arrives at the LAC. Observers have pointed out how the COAS always carries his own backpack. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: After he took charge as army chief on May 1, General Pande has visited troops serving at the LAC in Ladakh, at the Line of Control in Kashmir, and now at the LAC in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Central Army Commander General Dimri, left, explains the topography of the area to the army chief. Photograph: ANI Photo
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