This is not a routing patrol confrontation or a temporary occupation of disputed territory. This time the PLA soldiers are digging defences, preparing bunkers, moving in heavy vehicles and even moved artillery guns to the rear to support the intruders, say the sources. +
The PLA have pitched close to a 100 tents along the Galwan River and another location called Gogra.

Indian troops in the area were taken by surprise when a large Chinese force crossed the LAC in late April. Since then, Indian troops have not challenged or confronted the PLA.+
The Pangong Lake intrusion has been especially bloody for the Indian soldiers there. Sources say 72 Indian soldiers were injured in the confrontation and some of them needed to be flown to hospitals in Leh, Chandi Mandir and Delhi. +
There are fresh reports that the PLA has already initiated another infiltration into another sector in Southern Ladakh.
The PLA intrusions do not appear to be a localized operation. The spread across the vast area suggests centralized coordination from the PLA’s theatre command.+
Senior officers in the army’s public information directorate declined to comment. Sources say the PMO and NSA Ajit Doval are overseeing the Indian response.
If it was Pakistan, this news would have been covered by all the channels.

Where is the “strong and decisive leadership”?
routine patrol confrontation**
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