“Depsang: Why Bharat regaining patrolling access in this part of Eastern Ladakh matters”, Swarajyamag, October 22, 2024:
“The new route to Daulat Beg Oldie will secure access to a critical sector if China blocks the DS-DBO road in the Galwan Valley or at another friction point in the Depsang Plains.
On Monday (21 October), Bharat announced that it had reached an agreement with China under which it would regain access to patrolling points (PPs) that became inaccessible following the crisis along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) starting in April 2020.
One of the many friction points that would see Bharat regain access to patrolling points is the region called Depsang Plains, where India and China have been at loggerheads since before the stand-off that began in 2020…….”
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