Question: Recently Army has completed laying an irrigation pipeline for residents of villages in the Demchok region of-
(a) Eastern Assam
(b) Anantnag
(c) Region of Eastern Ladakh
(d) Kupwara Region
Ans. (c)
Related facts:
- On 6 November 2016 Indian Army has completed laying an irrigation pipeline for residents of villages in the Demchok region of Eastern Ladakh.
- The irrigation project was being built under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to link a village with a “hot spring”.
- The mission was completed despite a face-off last week with Chinese troops over the work.
- In order to protest the laying of the pipeline, Chinese troops attempted to erect a fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) hut on the border .
- However, the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) did not allow that.
- This is the first time since 2014 when the Chinese Army had come deep inside the Indian territory in Demchok in protest against an ongoing irrigation project.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/armys-demchok-mission-a-success/article9312345.ece
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/chinese-indian-troops-in-stand-off-at-ladakh-3735515/