China building solar, hydro projects with new military bases built near LAC with India – EQ Mag

The military face-off between India and China has been going on for more than three years after the Chinese side tried to change the status- quo at the LAC in eastern Ladakh in May 2020.

By Manjeet Negi : China is building solar and hydro projects along the new bases it has built near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh sector, senior government officials informed India Today on Monday.

Energy projects have been initiated to meet the energy needs of the new bases which are installed for keeping troops that are deployed in the region.

According to senior government officials, the Chinese felt the need for these plants as they were facing problems with maintaining troops in large numbers at forward bases under extreme weather conditions.

Chinese troops deployed in the area have earlier also faced issues due to a lack of proper acclimatisation in the area. In comparison, Indian soldiers, with vast experience of operating in the extreme winters at high altitudes of the Siachen glacier, have better abilities to withstand extreme weather conditions.

According to reports, China has deployed more than 50,000 soldiers along the borders with India since 2020 when it tried to change the status- quo along the border in the eastern Ladakh sector of the LAC.

However, the Indian army soldiers, deployed in the area, have been successfully keeping Chinese aggression in check.

Both India and China have been maintaining heavy deployment of soldiers in the eastern Ladakh sector of the LAC since the Galwan clashes of 2020.

Source: PTI