Situation tense at Pangong once again

Special Desk

Week after Indian troops thwarted Chinese drills and occupied strategic heights on the south bank of Pangong Tso and Rechin La near Rezang La, south bank of the lake appeared to be on the boil again.

There was no immediate response from the Indian Army or the Ministry of Defence. Late on Monday night with the Chinese PLA claimed that Indian troops had fired warning shots, prompting it to take countermeasures to stabilize the situation on the ground.

In a statement, Colonel Zhang Shuili, spokesperson for the PLA Western Theatre Command, claimed the Indian Army “crossed the line and entered Bangong Hunan, the western section of the Sino-Indian border” and the “Indian actions seriously violated the relevant agreements and agreements between China and India, pushing up regional tensions, and easily causing misunderstandings and misjudgments”.

A week ago, Indian troops occupied strategic heights on the south bank of Pangong Tso and Rechin La, giving them a commanding view of the terrain in the Chushul sector.

Zhang called it “serious military provocations… of very bad nature”, and urged “the Indian side to immediately stop dangerous actions, immediately withdraw cross-line personnel, strictly restrain front-line troops, and strictly investigate and punish personnel who fired shots to ensure that similar incidents do not occur again”.

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On September 4, Army chief General MM Naravane, while reviewing operational preparedness in eastern Ladakh, said the situation along the Line of Actual Control was “tense”.

According to top Indian official on Tuesday morning, the situation is tense but both sides are talking to each other at the ground commander level.