In October final 12 months, the Defense Ministry had objected to a go to by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to Leh to review the working situations of troops deployed at ahead positions in excessive altitude areas. Ten months later, the PAC headed by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was given permission to go to Leh on Friday.
The panel will undertake a four-day go to to Kashmir from August 14 to 17 and is planning to rejoice Independence Day by hoisting the nationwide flag at Drass. The Kargil War Memorial is positioned at “Ground Zero” in Dras.
It can also be fascinating {that a} parliamentary committee headed by a Congress MP has been allowed to go to Kashmir at a time when one other parliamentary panel – the IT Standing Committee – headed by one other Congress member, Shashi Tharoor, was allowed to go to Kashmir after a showdown. The motive is below dialogue. between the members of the ruling social gathering and the opposition.
The PAC needed to go to Leh in November final 12 months because it was probing a report by the CAG which mentioned that delay in procurement of troops deployed in areas like Siachen and Ladakh was as a result of excessive altitude clothes together with snow goggles. and confronted extreme scarcity of kit. . But in view of the standoff with China on the LAC, the Defense Ministry had then objected saying that it might not be acceptable to go to the MPs.
The tour was canceled regardless of the chairman’s approval.
According to the journey plan authorized now by Chairman Om Birla, the PAC members will attain Srinagar on August 14 and can go to Dras by helicopter the subsequent day. The members of the PAC will journey to Leh on August 16 and 17, the place they may go to the Defense High Altitude Research Institute to know the event of meals objects for troops positioned in excessive altitude areas.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
