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1,000 sq km now under China’Stretches along LAC in are PLA hands amid mobilisation: intelligence agencies
Why is it in news?
- Intelligence agencies claimed that about 1,000 square kilometres of area in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is now under Chinese control.
Details:
- China has been amassing troops and fortifying its presence along the LAC since April-May.
- From Depsang Plains to Chushul there had been a systematic mobilisation by the Chinese troops along the undefined LAC.
- The standoff at the China border continues even after several rounds of diplomatic and military level talks.
- Buffer zones: Asper the agreement, Indian troops also moved back from their existing positions leading to creation of buffer zones at all the disputed sites.