No de-escalation in China stand-off

NEW DELHI: There are no signs of any de-escalation in the almost month-long confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, even as the Army brass took stock of the ‘ground situation’ with fresh inputs from the military operations and intelligence directorates here on Thursday.

The Indian Army has enough “acclimatised” troops now deployed in the high-altitude areas in eastern Ladakh to take care of any contingency, while battalions in other sectors like Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Controlhave also further cranked up their operational readiness, sources said.

The ongoing Army commanders’ conference, being chaired by General M M Naravane and attended by the senior lieutenant generals heading the six operational and one training commands, also discussed the “management of ammunition stocks and operational logistics” while reviewing the situation along the LAC on Thursday .