China building camps from Ladakh to Arunachal

Ladakh: It seems the Chinese had been enhancing their preparedness for situations like the ongoing conflict with India on the Line of Actual Control soon after the 2017 Doklam crisis as they have developed several military camps in their depth areas all along the LAC from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.

The Chinese and Indian troops have been engaged in a standoff position with India since April-May timeframe and are now sitting on the heights up to 18,000 feet in the cold desert area of Ladakh.

"The Chinese have been developing military camps in their depth areas all along the LAC. Around 20 of such camps have been observed with some civilians also around these places," government sources told ANI.

Such camps can provide ability to the Chinese Army to better patrol their side of the LAC as well as to react faster to the developing situations in the border areas, they said.

China and India are working for additional de-escalation of the border standoff in jap Ladakh and either side could have consultations to find out particular preparations for the subsequent spherical of talks, a senior Chinese official stated.

Nearly 50,000 troops of the Indian Army are deployed in a excessive state of fight readiness in varied mountainous areas in jap Ladakh in sub-zero circumstances as a number of rounds of talks between the 2 sides haven't yielded any concrete consequence but to resolve the border standoff. China has additionally deployed an equal variety of troops, in keeping with officers.