India-China border dispute: From Aksai China to Arunachal, where is the tension

Pangong Tso Lake

The 134-km-long Pangong Tso Lake is located in the Himalayas at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet.

An area of ​​45 km of this lake falls in India, while 90 km area falls in China. The Line of Actual Control passes through this lake.

It is said that one-third of the cases of encroachment from China in the western sector occur near this Pangong Tso lake.

The reason for this is that there is no consensus on the Line of Actual Control between the two countries in this region. Both have set their separate LACs.

Therefore, in the disputed part, many times, there are battles between the soldiers of the two countries because they feel that the soldiers of the first country have come into their territory.

Strategically, this lake is also significant because it comes in the way of Chushul valley, China can use this route to attack India-occupied territory. 

This was the place from which China started its main offensive during the 1962 war. There have also been reports that China has also constructed roads along its side of Pangong Tso in the last few years.