Pics Show China Had Large Base, Fighting Positions At Ladakh Standoff Point

The Gogra disengagement between the Indian and Chinese Army came after the 16th round of talks between Corps Commander ranked Army officers of both sides on July 17, this year.

New satellite images accessed by NDTV confirm that Chinese soldiers have withdrawn 3 kilometres from the position that they occupied across the Line of Actual Control in Gogra-Hot Springs in Eastern Ladakh. The withdrawal is part of a mutual disengagement process that saw the Chinese army bringing down a major base at the Line of Actual Control near an area the Indian Army used to patrol in 2020.

The before and after images available to NDTV from satellite imagery specialists Maxar focus only on Chinese positions and do not show the extent of the buffer-zone, or no-man's land, created between the Armies of both sides as part of the agreement. No patrolling is permitted in this zone as a confidence-building measure.

The pre-disengagement image of August 12, 2022 shows the Chinese army had constructed a large building across the Line of Actual Control near an area the Indian Army used to patrol before the Chinese incursions across the LAC took place in Ladakh in 2020. The building is surrounded by trenches and what appear to be fox holes for infantry and mortar positions.

An image dated September 15 indicates that the Chinese have brought down this building and transported construction debris from this site to what appears to be a temporary position to the North.