India and China have strengthened troop organization in a couple of more areas along the uncertain fringe in eastern Ladakh amid uplifted pressures following a rough conflict between rival troops in the Pangong Tso part on May 5-6. The territory has been the site of disputes and encounters in the past also.
China has increased its deployment of Chinese troops on the Indo-China border along the Ladakh border. Chinese media quoted military sources as saying that the implementation of the People’s Liberation Army on the border with Ladakh has been increased. There has been a scuffle between the two countries’ soldiers on the India-China border (Face-Off At India-China Border). In which soldiers on both sides were also injured.
Chinese troops on the Ladakh border claimed that a large number of soldiers were deployed by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to protect the Chinese border near the Galwan Valley. The Live Heed quoted a Chinese military source as saying that Indian troops come to patrol in the region. This deployment has been done to prevent those.
China claimed that it had authority over the Galwan Valley. India is trying to bring a unilateral change along the Line of Control by creating a region’s strategic base. Whereas the truth is that the Chinese army is infiltrating Indian territory the day it arrives. China has greatly strengthened its military presence in the region.
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Live Heed Sources said troop fortifications and fortresses had occurred in places like Demchok, Chumar, and Daulat Beg Oldie, with the Galwan Valley likewise rising as a flashpoint after Chinese soldiers set up specific shelters close to a stream and began development action. “They have been tested by our soldiers close to the Galwan waterway,” an Indian Army source said.
The reports are in favor of maintaining peace along the China border. The India-China Army is in contact with each other through meetings and hotlines to deal with any situation arising on the border.
Indian-Chinese soldiers clashed twice in May in Nepal;
Indian soldiers and soldiers of China Army have clashed twice in May so far. On May 9, there was a confrontation in North Sikkim, which was resolved through negotiations at the local command level. Earlier on May 5, soldiers from both sides clashed in East Ladakh late at night.
There was a scuffle between Chinese and Indian soldiers as well as stone-pelting. There were also minor injuries to some soldiers on both sides. Discussions at the local commander level ended this confrontation.
Army chief Gen M M Naravane says, “The face-offs do happen every once in a while due to different impressions of the LAC. “They additionally happen when there is a difference in commandants on the ground. Another administrator needs to show he is not quite the same as the others. There are a lot of elements on why a go head to head happens,” he included.
