The Indian Army has resumed its patrolling activity in Depsang in eastern Ladakh after a gap of almost four-and-a-half years, restoring the ground situation in the forward area along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) to what it was pre-April 2020 before the India-China military standoff began,

The Indian Army on Monday resumed patrolling in the Depsang Plains, one of the friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), following the recent disengagement agreement between India and China to end the more than four-year standoff that began with the deadly Galwan clashes.

Depsang and Demchok were the last two friction points during the four and half years long tense stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh.

The following day, Indian and Chinese troops exchanged sweets at several border points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the occasion of Diwali.