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By Vineet Kr. Dikshit
The day when Delhi recorded -0.8 ° C on 1st January 2021, fresh cold wave conditions swept the entire North India with temperatures dipping dangerously.
This includes areas as far north as Eastern Ladhak were India is locked-in in one of the longest stand-off situation with China along the disputed Line of Actual Control, the LAC.
And this also includes the famous flash point at the Pangong Lake.
When last reports came-in, large portions of Pangong Lake had frozen.
As a matter of routine, soldiers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) have now launched what is known as a Short Range Patrol (the SRP) drills atop the frozen surface of Pangong Lake while keeping a hawk eye on any transgressions by the Chinese PLA, the Peoples Liberation Army..
The lead photo in this article speaks for itself and so does the next one.
Salty waters of the Pangong Lake is at an crazy and icy heights of 13,800 ft. Since the 1962 War, ownership of this lake is disputed between India and China.
The PLA is occupying majority of its Eastern part while the rest is firmly under India’s control.
In the frontline battle positions, barracks are manned 24 X 7 by various units of Indian Army and the ITBP.
Flash points occur when speed boats from both sides intersect somewhere mid-way in the Lake and exchange ‘rapids’ at close quarters while attempting to over turn each other.
And when the lake freezes during the winter months, armed ITBP soldiers in full battle regalia who normally guard its planks then descend on the frozen surface of the Pangong.
This is exactly what is happening now, at the Zero Point, at the frozen tarmac of Pangong Lake.
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