AREAS OF CONTENTION

➘ BUFFER ZONES

or no-patrolling areas are aimed at reducing clashes between troops

➘ CHINA HAS BEEN DEMANDING

buffer zones ever since the 1950s. But the 1962 war made India apprehensive about its intentions

➘ PLA HAS BLOCKED

Indian soldiers in Depsang and intruded around 18 km inside what India considers its own territory

➘ INDIAN TROOPS

were prevented from going to patrolling points 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 after the clashes in April-May 2020

➘ THERE ARE OVER 60

patrolling points from the west of the Karakoram Pass to Chumar on the undemarcated border

➘ LOCALS CLAIM

buffer zones compromise their access to traditional pasture land