255-km long Darbuk-Shyokh-Daulat Beg Oldie (DSDBO) all-weather road.
Its strategic importance is that it connects Leh to DBO, virtually at the base of the Karakoram Pass that separates China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region from Ladakh.
DBO has the world’s highest airstrip.
About the bridge
Army engineers have completed a 60-metre bridge over Galwan river in eastern Ladakh.
The bridge is around four kilometres east of the confluence of Shyok and Galwan rivers.
The contested Patrolling Point 14 a further 2 km east of the bridge.
“The bridge will definitely improve movement of Indian troops in the region.
We completed construction of the bridge despite the military standoff and Chinese army’s strong protest,“ said a senior military official on condition of anonymity.
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