Commanders to meet today as India demolishes Chinese hut built by PLA 1.5 km inside LAC

[agamdilawari]

A meeting of local commanders of the armies of India and China is expected to take place on Monday amid a face-off between the two sides in the heights of Ladakh’s Burtse area after Indian troops demolished a hut constructed on Indian soil ended in the early hours of Sunday.

The ITBP and Army jawans demolished the hut that was constructed 1.5 km inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Friday leading to a face-off between the two sides, official sources said. The area is located 210 km northeast of Leh.

The hut, with a solar panel on top, had a camera which recorded the movement of Indian troops, the sources said while giving details about the incursion. The construction was done by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to claim that the area belongs to them.

This area is adjacent to Depsang plains where PLA had pitched camps in April, 2013 that had led to a three-week long stalemate.

After the demolition of the hut, Indian troops kept the camera and other material which will be handed over to the Chinese side in the form of evidence during the local army commanders meeting scheduled for Monday, the sources said. Earlier the meeting was scheduled for Sunday which was subsequently postponed, they said.

China has been trying to make inroads in Burtse area as it will give access to the PLA to monitor the activities of Indian troops based in Old Patol base besides trying to deny an advantage to India to overlook the Karakoram highway linking the territory illegally occupied by China with Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

Parrikar calls on Rajnath

Amidst the stand-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Ladakh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

During the 30-minute meeting, Parrikar and Singh are believed to have discussed about the stand-off between the Indian and Chinese forces in Ladakh and various other issues concerning the country, sources said. ENS

Face-off in Ladakh: Commanders to meet today as India demolishes Chinese hut | The Indian Express

 

[Sipahi]

War ??

 

[BATTLE FIELD]

chinese always want to create disturbance around its Neighbours.

 

[SP!TF!R3]

War ??

in your dream..

A bad day for Pakistani Cheerleaders indeed.And Chinese ones didn't even show up to save face..

Told you guys..Nothing more than "Banner Drill"..

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

chinese always want to create disturbance around its Neighbours.

Look who's talking

 

[Sipahi]

in your dream..

A bad day for Pakistani Cheerleaders indeed.And Chinese ones didn't even show up to save face..

Told you guys..Nothing more than "Banner Drill"..

We will not waste a chance this time around like Ayub Khan wasted in 1961

embrace youself baby

 

[SP!TF!R3]

We will not waste a chance this time around like Ayub Khan wasted in 1961

embrace youself baby

do it quickly..we're about to conclude our meeting with Chinese..Its now or never..

 

[Sipahi]

do it quickly..we're about to conclude our meeting with Chinese..Its now or never..

Aaaaane do

 

[BATTLE FIELD]

Look who's talking

what??!! we always wanted peace in the region.
if you don't believe so don't..

 

[Whazzup]

Look @PatriotLover instead of destroying India they are talking to us anything to add?

On a serious note both nations can benefit so much from each other I hope we can put this behind and work towards increasing our cooperation in field of Economics.

 

[Levina]

Look @PatriotLover instead of destroying India they are talking to us anything to add?

On a serious note both nations can benefit so much from each other I hope we can put this behind and work towards increasing our cooperation in field of Economics.

We might become good trade partners but there's no way India and China can afford to put their soldiers on ease, the reason is not hard to guess.

****
OP pls move this thread to defence section.

 

[HongWu002]

LOL India troops retreated several kilometers within their own territory!



India, China troops step back, but stay put in vicinity

Troops of India and China that had come face to face at Burtse in northern Ladakh have "stepped back" by a couple of km, but continue to stay put in the vicinity

The two sides have agreed to hold a flag meeting to resolve irksome issues “very soon”

The meeting may take place any time this week, depending on the logistics

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 14

In what looks like lowering of tension between the armies of India and China at Burtse in northern Ladakh, the two sides have agreed to hold a flag meeting to resolve irksome issues. Troops on either side have “stepped back” by a couple of km, but continue to stay put in the area.

The flag meeting of local commanders of the two armies was proposed for today, but the plan did not materialise. Now the two sides have agreed to hold a flag meeting “very soon”, according to sources on the Indian side.

The meeting could take place any time this week, depending on the logistics, they added. The nearest border personnel meeting (BPM) point from Burtse is at Daulat Baig Oldie, at an altitude of 16,800 feet.

Sources told The Tribune that soldiers of either side have “stepped back”, but with technological aids (UAVs and the long-range reconnaissance and observation system), we can see the People Liberation Army (PLA) of China troops within a few km of the flashpoint at Burtse.

The situation has not escalated since Saturday when troops on either side showed banners to each other, asking the other side to withdraw. Unfurling banners is part of the 2005 protocol on border management to prevent gun-toting troops from reacting in the “heat-of-the-moment”. The banner showing went on for a few hours. India had ramped up its military presence on seeing a Chinese build-up on the other side.

The recent flare-up was triggered after the PLA built a watchtower—a kind of fully serviced solar-powered hut at an altitude of 17,000 feet. The Chinese construction was bang on the “border patrolling line”. The Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) protested. The hut also had a camera that recorded the movement of Indian troops in the area.

The “border patrolling line” is a way to address areas where even the alignment of un-demarcated LAC is disputed. The LAC alignment is roughly accepted by both sides in Lakakh, but some pockets remain where the “border patrolling line” is the accepted principle.

This is an informal un-demarcated line and troops on either side patrol the areas that they perceive as their own. The border patrolling line is the farthest point to which military patrols come from the Chinese side.

The Burtse area, being adjacent to Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), forms part of huge Depsang plains perceived by India as its own territory. However, China claims it to be its territory as it gives it a tactical edge over the area, including the airfield that was made operational by the Indian Air Force (IAF) a few years ago.

The area was in news in April 2013 when a 21-day stand-off between troops of either side ended after four flag meetings between the two sides. Then the PLA had pitched five tents in the area and claimed it was part of the Chinese territory.