CHINA-INCURSIONS THREE LST

Incursions have taken place in eastern Ladakh and on the
northern bank of Pangong Tso Lake, located 168 kilometres from
here. Chinese patrols come frequently on the North and South
of this lake, whose 45 kilometres are on Indian side while
another 90 on Chinese side.

India and China have been engaged in talks over the Line
of Actual Control and had exchanged maps in 2002. In the
western sector (East Jammu and Kashmir), the Samar Lungpa
area, between the Karakoram Pass and the Chipchap river, is
contentious, with Chinese maps showing the LAC to be south of
the Samar Lungpa.

This is the northernmost part of the border, far to the
north of Leh. But while the Indo-Tibetan Border Police
operates north of the line the Chinese claim to be the border,
they remain south of the Lungpa. South of the Chipchap River
are the Trig Heights, comprising Points 5495 and 5459.

Chinese troops frequently enter the area and in fact,
they have a name for Point 5459; Manshen Hill. The area,
south-east of Trig Heights, called Depsang Ridge is also
contentious. Differences were found when Chinese small-scale
maps were interposed on large-scaled Indian ones. PTI