evidence: NEW DELHI: Apart from fortifying its position along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh with the construction of a new village in the Demchok sector, China’s People’s Liberation Army has made a new bridge across Pangong Lake operational now. [...] It will be recalled that Depsang and Demchok are two points in Ladakh, where the standoff continues between the Indian Army and PLA. The Chinese PLA have pitched tents at Charding Nonong area in Demchuk to prevent access to Indian troops in the sector. India has increased its reinforcements on the LAC in Ladakh sector while the Chinese have been constructing villages at many places along the LAC to consolidate PLA’s presence after the tensions in June 2020. The villages also help in strengthening the border forces by filling in the gaps created by the outflow of residents and improve surveillance and patrols through the spread over network of herders along the LAC.