Chinese army around 1800 has now established a settlement in highly sensitive Doklam area, near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction.
According to military sources, While India was successful in not letting China extend its existing road in Doklam southwards towards the Jampheri ridge, but it has resulted in “the almost permanent stationing of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops in the region.
The troops have constructed two helipads, upgraded roads, pre-fabricated huts, shelters and stores in the high-altitude region.
India and China were locked in a 73-day-long standoff at Doklam, an area claimed by both Bhutan and China. India had intervened on Bhutan’s behalf as Chinese building activities threatened ‘Chicken’s Neck’– a narrow strip of land connecting Indian mainland to its northeastern states.
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