New Delhi, Aug 24: A day after Pakistan claimed to have repulsed an Indian attack in the Drass sector, defence minister George Fernandes today chaired a lengthy meeting of top Army commanders of the area at Leh. Fernandes, who flew to the headquarters of the Ladakh district this morning, attended a briefing of the Leh-based 14 Army Corps, which looks after the line of control stretching from Matayan to Point NJ 9842, Siachen glacier and Sino-Indian border in the region.
The defence minister also visited some forward areas in the Kargil district, which have been a scene of artillery exchanges between Indian and Pakistani troops.
After making an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the region, Fernandes is scheduled to fly to Northern Command Headquarters at Udhampur and also visit some militancy-affected areas of the adjoining Doda district.
Meanwhile, Army Chief Gen S Padmanabhan toured some of forward most areas in Kupwara, Uri, Gurez and Machil Sector in the Kashmir valley. Padmanabhan on a two-day visit to the Valley last night chaired a meeting of the Srinagar-based 15 Army Corps. Bureau Report