Even though army officials have said that there has been only a “slight” increase in patrolling and PLA activities in the Eastern Sector, figures show that in the Tawang sector alone, senior Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) There has been a big jump in patrolling and visits of officers in 2020 and 2021 as compared to the last two years. This means that in three sectors in Tawang, the PLA has increased patrols, training and visits of its senior officers since last year. According to the Indian Express, according to the data gathered by the army through its surveillance, the Lungrola, Jimithang and Bumla sectors have seen an increase in the presence of China.
The report said that the largest increase in Chinese activity was seen in the Jimithang sector, where senior PLA officials made 33 visits in 2019, compared to 102 visits in the sector in 2020. Till September this year, there have been 84 visits to PLA officers.
Patrols have also been intensified by the PLA in this sector. In 2019, six patrols were seen, which increased to 11 in 2020. Till September this year, PLA personnel have already patrolled the region 12 times.
China’s activism has also increased in Lungrola. In this sector, where PLA patrolled 21 times in 2019 and 19 times in 2018, it has been patrolled 34 times in 2020 and more than 50 times this year.
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Visits by PLA officers to the region increased from four and six in 2020 to 15 in 2019 and 2018, respectively. In 2021, as of September PLA officials have made at least 20 visits here.
The third sector in the area, Bumla, which also has a Border Personnel Meeting Point (BPM) for officials from both sides, has seen a slight increase in such activities.
As against 17 and 16 patrols by the PLA in 2018 and 2019 respectively, this increased to 21 in 2020 and 19 patrols till September this year. The region had just one visit by PLA officials in 2018 and 2019, increasing to five last year, rising to 20 by September this year.
Not only this, to increase surveillance, the Area Domination Patrol (ADP) has also been increased by the PLA. The analysis shows that there has been a “slight” increase in ADP in the Tawang sector due to improved working conditions. The increase in the Area Domination Patrol may have been for surveillance, area domination and training of newly inducted soldiers.
In Zimithang, ADP has increased from 12 in 2018 to 16 in 2019, 22 in 2020 and 24 as of September this year. This jump has been the highest in Lungrola. As of September, the PLA has ADP in the sector 25 times. Last year here 10 and before that in 2018 6 and in 2019 ADP happened four times.
According to the Activity Matrix prepared by the Army, the activity in these sectors has increased more than last year due to the operational situation. The activity matrix consists of land based cameras, radars. It also follows PLA movement through unmanned aerial vehicles and radar, giving it visibility even in deep areas.
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Apart from this, there has been a steady increase in the movement of light and heavy vehicles in Tawang sector. The matrix does not contain data for previous years, but notes that “vehicular movement has increased due to infrastructure development activity.”
Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Pandey said last week that “some infrastructure development” had been observed on the Chinese side close to the LAC, it is possible that shelters are being built there, due to which the number of soldiers now located or stationed there will increase. has occurred.”
“Both sides are trying to develop infrastructure close to the LAC,” Pandey said. “Since this infrastructure has come closer to the LAC, there has been a slight increase in border defense troops on the Chinese side,” he said.
However, according to the metrics, while some of these sectors have seen a significant jump in training activity, in some others it has dropped significantly. In the Jimithanga sector, around 160 training activities have been witnessed till September as compared to 322 last year and 244 in 2019.
In the Lungrola sector, the training activity of the PLA declined to 62 in 2020, from 334 in 2019 and 335 in 2018. At the same time, till September this year, more than 430 training activities have already been done, out of which have already been done at the beginning of the year. Let us tell you that Tawang is one of the safest areas of India along the China border.
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