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Re: Another face-off as 300 Chinese soldiers surround 100 Indian troop
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...kh-face-off-still-on/articleshow/42658498.cms
Still on, waiting for officials to meet according to this:Any updates about our soldiers?
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
Also see this:As the stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops continues at the remote Chumar region of the South Eastern Ladakh, New Delhi has assessed this as Beijing's move to create a fresh dispute at a high mountain pass which provides Indian Army a commanding view over the Chepzi (Zhipuqi-Quebusi) area in China.
Sources confirmed that the stand-off was continuing. "The situation remains fluid as of now," said a senior functionary. Sources today said the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops are locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation with the Chinese at the pass.
The pass is known as 'R-30' and is some 14,600 feet high. South of it is Tibet and China where a road runs through Zhipuqi and Qeibusi and ends at the south of 'R-30'. This Tibetan area is wedged between between Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir. On its side China has built a new road that can bring vehicles south of the mountain pass and now wants Indian troops to move back from the commanding heights from the top of the pass.
Since the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) is not demarcated on ground and perceptions about its exact location vary, troops of both sides patrol in the areas claimed by the other. New Delhi has objections as a part of the road falls in the disputed zone. India sends patrols in that area. Like any other disputed zone along the LAC, both sides are not expected to construct anything.
The Indian Army yesterday told China that the stand-off must end and cited how the 2005 protocol was being violated. "As per the protocol, soldiers on either side have to show a banner to the other side asking to withdraw," said sources.
Showing of a banner is a standard operating procedure and is called 'banner drill'. It is done when troops of the two sides come face-to-face due to differences on the alignment of the LAC or any other reason. This was first reported in today's edition of The Tribune.
Another meeting is planned tomorrow at Chusul in eastern Ladakh and the level of officers could be higher. Brigadier-level officers had participated in yesterday's meeting which was inconclusive. It is possible that the GoC of the 3 Division based at Karu could be part of the deliberations with his counterpart.
Notably Chinese President Xi Jingping also arrives on a three-day visit to India tomorrow.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...kh-face-off-still-on/articleshow/42658498.cms
The troop face-off at Chumar as well as the "civilian confrontation" at Demchok continued in eastern Ladakh on Tuesday, with India awaiting China's response to the "concerns and objections" raised at the brigadier-level flag meeting on Monday.
Another flag meeting is likely to take place at the Spanggur Gap border meeting point within "a day or two" in a bid to defuse the tensions prevailing along the line of actual control (LAC). This even as India rolls out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is on a three-day visit beginning from Wednesday.
"In the flag meeting on Monday, India asked China to withdraw from the two areas and adhere to the 2005 Border Protocol between the two sides. But the Chinese sector commander said he would have to seek instructions from his higher HQs. In effect, the meeting was inconclusive," said a source.
Though the government maintained the Chumar and Demchok incidents are "routine in nature" due to "differing perceptions" about where the LAC lies, the fact remains that in both the cases the confrontation has stretched well beyond a couple of days. This is unusual for the border flare-ups that occur due to aggressive patrolling by both sides to lay claim to disputed areas.
A similar face-off had also erupted just before Chinese premier Li Keqiang's visit to India in May last year, which had lasted for 21 days after Chinese troops intruded 19km into Depsang valley in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector.
The Indian post at Chumar, with its observation points and surveillance cameras, was also the bone of contention during the Depsang face-off. It was finally defused after India dismantled what it called "a tin shed" at Chumar and the PLA troops simultaneously withdrew from Depsang.
As reported by TOI, the ongoing troop face-off at Chumar was triggered after Indian soldiers last week prevented People's Liberation Army from building a road right up to Chepzi on the LAC in the sector where the altitude varies from 11,000 to 15,000 feet.
Though the over 100 Indian troops were outnumbered 1:3, they confronted the Chinese soldiers equipped with cranes and bulldozers and then asked them to withdraw. "As it is, the PLA has built massive infrastructure all along the LAC, and the gap is ever-increasing. They have become especially active in the Chumar sector since our positions there overlook theirs," said a source.
China, in turn, had actively obstructed Indian civilian workers from constructing a water irrigation channel under the NREGA scheme at Demchok for the last one week. A large number of Chinese graziers, ferried on PLA vehicles from their village called Toshigang, have pitched tents at the site to ensure the Indian workers cannot engage in the construction of the water channel.
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