Defense

Bridge on Daporijo River is a strategic link towards the LAC between India and China. All supplies, rations, constructional material and medicines pass over this bridge. Old Bridge developed cracks which could lead to a major catastrophe like on 26 Jul 1992 when a passenger bus fell off the bridge leaving no survivors. With the intervention of DGBR and CE Arunank expeditious sanctions were obtained from the MoD and Arunachal Government. The difficult and dangerous launch was completed in record time adhering to all COVID-19 precautions.

Working against all odds, Project Vijayak of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved connectivity to remote areas in Kargil across formidable high passes in mid-April for the first time ever, Indian Army’s Northern Command said. The BRO meets the defence requirement towards infrastructure development in remote border areas in north and Northeastern states.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Indian Army is carrying out “targeted strikes” on terror launch pads along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and eliminating the Pakistani infiltrators before they cross over to the Indian side. Singh, in an interview, said the armed forces are not lowering their guard at all while playing a significant role in the country’s overall fight to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.

The lot of four Boeing P8I maritime surveillance aircraft, which will further widen the arc of Indian Navy operations, is expected to start arriving in phases as per the contractual schedule commencing in July. In the US, the defence manufacturing industry is part of the essential works. The work, so far, is on as per the schedule, the Ministry of Defence has been informed.

The office of the Defence Pension Disbursement Officer (DPDO) in Patiala has shifted to new technology for verification of pensioners as curfew imposition remains implemented in city over Covid-19 concerns. Notably, a number of pensioners have been reaching the office for annual verification for pensions concerned over lapse in process.

The dashboard, which was updated with the new figures on 14 April, shows that the value of defence export approvals in FY 2019-20 was a year-on-year increase of 4%, compared with the INR83.2 billion recorded in FY 2018-19, which represented a 78% increase over the INR46.8 billion in approvals registered in FY 2017-18. The value of export approvals in FY 2016-17 was INR15.2 billion.

Amidst the global pandemic of coronavirus, the delivery schedule of the S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems, as well as other military programmes between India and Russia are not expected to be delayed. Depending on the situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Russian President Vladimir Putin are likely to meet next month.

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