The porter-raising event arranged by the Army’s 22 Mahar Regiment in West Kameng district on July 3, 2020.|Photo Credit:
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Utilized temporarily, they provide important services to frontline fighters.
Days after the stand-off in between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Galwan Valley in Ladakh, the Indian Army has actually begun the procedure of employing 1,800 porters temporarily in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Army regularly takes in porters for about six months to bring essentials and equipment to and from forward posts in the high elevations across the Himalayan belt.
Timing of drive
What has made the raising of the porter companies considerable is the timing of the “recruitment drive”– fro