LAC standoff: Disengagement of troops begins in Galwan; PLA removes tents and temporary structure

NEW DELHI: India and China have begun a slight disengagement from the face-off sites in the Galwan Valley and Gogra-Hot Springs areas of eastern Ladakh, in the first signs of a mutual troop pull-back from the over two month-long major confrontation that has seen both countries undertake major military build-ups along the Line of Actual Control.

Sources on Monday morning said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “ is removing some of its tents and temporary structures” at the Patrolling Points-14, 15 and 17A in the Galwan Valley and Gogra-Hotsprings, with “some of their vehicles being moved back by about a kilometer or so” till now.

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“The situation, with the creation of a buffer zone, will be clearer by Monday evening. We will need to wait to see if this is a genuine and lasting disengagement,” said a source.

TOI had earlier reported that India and China had broadly agreed to restart the phased step-by-step verifia