Tension continues to prevail in the Ladakh border between Indian and Chinese troops. The Indian Army has recently observed Chinese medical teams evacuate a few soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on pallets from heights in the Finger Area on the northern bank of Pangong Tso which is nearby a field hospital, speaking on the condition of anonymity, officials who were familiar with the developments stated on Friday.

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Some Chinese troops have been relocated from the Finger 4 heights to a field medical facility before Finger 6 during the last two to three days due to health difficulties linked to high altitude, the officials said, with the development directing the spotlight on the hurdles of high-altitude warfare. The Finger Area, a set of eight cliffs jutting out of the Sirijap range overlooking the Pangong lake, is among the friction points in the eastern Ladakh theatre, where both armies have deployed almost 100,000 soldiers and weaponry in their forward and depth areas. Indian soldiers are barely a few hundred meters from Chinese troops who are holding positions on the Finger 4 ridgeline.

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As a harsh winter draws closer in eastern Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese soldiers are operating towering heights and already exposed to sub-zero temperatures, both troops will face the difficulty of ensuring that fatalities related to high-altitude illnesses are kept at their lowest, the officials stated. “Extreme weather at those heights of 16,000 to 17,000 feet is bound to create health complications for soldiers --- both Indian and Chinese. And the harsh winter is yet to set in. The conditions will only get worse in the coming weeks and months,” said one of the officials.

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