India Constructs Bridge Over Galwan River – Free PDF Download

• 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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