China is suspected of increasing troops on the disputed lake with India 4
On September 10, India’s NDTV channel published satellite photos of the area between mountains 4 and 5 on the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake, saying the Chinese army `is occupying and establishing new outposts` in the area.
These satellite images show that the Chinese military also reinforced existing structures on the north bank of Pangong Tso Lake, while new units concentrated troops to control the mountain branches along the lake.
NDTV said the Chinese army did not leave the 4th mountain branch area, despite the two sides agreeing to withdraw part of their forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after many rounds of negotiations over several months.
India and China have not commented on this information.
Satellite image of the area between mountain branch number 4 and number 5 on Pangong Tso lake.
Pangong Tso Lake, where the LAC crosses, is 134 km long, located between India’s Ladakh region and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
Indian soldiers often patrol up to mountain branch number 8, but this activity had to stop at mountain branch number 4 after China reinforced its forces in the area since April. Indian troops are controlling the mountains and
Border tensions between India and China escalated from late April and early May, culminating in a brawl on June 15 that left dozens of soldiers on both sides injured.
Videos of Indian and Chinese soldiers fighting appeared on social networks
The image is said to be Indian and Chinese soldiers fighting along the Galwan River in May. Video: SCMP.
India and China both sent reinforcements to the border, despite previously agreeing to withdraw front-line forces.
The Indian government on August 31 accused China of launching `provocative military activities` three months after `the Chinese army annexed 60 square kilometers of Indian territory in Ladakh`.
However, at a press conference on the same day, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied accusations that its military crossed the LAC, the actual border between the two most populous countries in the world.
On September 3, media reported that a Tibetan-origin special forces member of India’s Forward Special Forces (SSF) was killed and another person was injured in a mine explosion near Pangon Tso lake, raising suspicions.
Disputed border area between China and India.
