Bridge will cut down 180-km loop from Chinese-held Khurnak to south bank via PLA garrison. Built to counter operations like Indian Army’s capture of dominating heights in 2020.
New Delhi: China has completed the construction of a strategic bridge over Pangong Tso on territory it holds in Khurnak, the narrowest part of the lake that straddles Ladakh and Tibet. It’s now building roads to connect this to one of its biggest military garrisons in the region, the latest satellite pictures show.
In January this year, ThePrint reported that the Indian defence and security establishment had found that a bridge was being built with pre-fabricated structures over the northern part of Pangong Tso.
Sources had said that this was being built to counter any future moves by the Indian Army on the lines of its August 2020 operation, which led to the capture of dominating heights on Pangong Tso’s southern banks.
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