New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- In a major boost to the Indian Army's firepower along the borders with Pakistan and China, the Defence Ministry on Monday cleared a Rs 20,000 crore proposal to buy 335 more K-9 Vajra self-propelled howitzers, which will have over 70 per cent indigenous content.

The Indian Army already has 200 of these howitzers, and the Rs 20,000 crore project will further boost its capability to deploy howitzers in high-altitude areas and extreme cold conditions, defence sources told ANI.

The 335 howitzers will be accompanied by a large number of winter kits, which will enable them to carry out operations in the high-altitude areas of Ladakh, they said.

The project cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council today would be the big...