PLA building bridge over Pangong Tso

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 3

PLA soldiers are building a bridge over the eastern edge of Pangong Tso at Khurnak in the Chinese territory. The lake is barely 2-km wide at that end. The bridge will cut down a distance of 180 km on the highway that connects Tibet with Xinjiang. Pangong Tso is partly in Ladakh and partly in Tibet.

Meanwhile, the flag unfurling and sloganeering, shown in images and videos tweeted by shadow social media accounts of the PLA, did not take place at the LAC in the Galwan valley where the Indian and Chinese troops had a bloody clash in June 2020, sources said.

The video could have been shot anywhere along the Galwan riverbed on the Chinese side. There was no geo-coordinate to indicate that it was shot at the LAC.

Area partly falls in ladakh

• The bridge will cut down a distance of 180 km on the highway that connects Tibet with Xinjiang. Pangong Tso is partly in Ladakh and partly in Tibet.

In the past few months, the two armies have maintained a minimum physical gap between themselves called the de-militarised zone.

Congress raises flag issue

The Modi govt has compromised national security and territorial integrity. How dare China raise the flag in the Galwan valley. —Congress

Sources on the Indian side said images and videos of the Chinese troops showed white-coloured markings on the mountain. There was no such marking visible on the mountains near the point where the river enters Ladakh from Tibet.

“There is no marking along the LAC in the Galwan valley and same has been verified,” a source said. Patrolling parties of either side carry their flags.