The Indian Army has enhanced its troop level along the entire stretch of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh as part of annual exercise in high altitude area. This part of exercise is conducted every year in September, but this time it was advanced, sources state. It was conducted so that soldiers in plain area are exposed and thus acclimatised to the forward locations of high altitude. The Chinese side has insisted on India withdrawing its troops from Doklam immediately where India has proposed to withdraw simultaneously with Chinese withdrawal. The status of the meeting, which was supposed to take place on August 15, remains unclear due to the current standoff.

Source: dna August 12, 2017 04:52 UTC