The actual Galwan conflict

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The Hindu reports on the Galwan conflict that:

- The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) meticulously planned the attack on Indian troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan for at least two days prior to June 15.

- They blocked small rivulets in heightened areas and then released water at high speed when Indian Army personnel appeared at the disputed site in Galwan area. “The strong gush of water made the men lose balance. The Chinese charged, pushed the Army personnel and many fell into the Galwan river” 


- The Chinese did a reconnaissance by flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to see the strength of the Indian troops and accordingly bolstered their presence on the other side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the official stated.

- The clash took place after Colonel Santosh Babu, who was commanding the unit, dismantled a tent erected by the Chinese and later set it on fire. During the June 6 military-level talks, the two sides decided to remove the tent. It has now emerged that the tent was destroyed two days before the June 15 clash. 

- When Indian troopers were patrolling the contested site, the Chinese threw boulders on them and unleashed strong current of water by unblocking the rivulets.

- The Chinese were wearing body protectors, helmets and carried spiked batons, the official noted.

- The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), deployed with the Army along the LAC, helped move the injured to the base camp the next day. An ITBP rescue team trekked 3-4 km the next day to evacuate the injured.

- At least 20 helicopter sorties from the base camp in Galwan were undertaken to evacuate the injured and retrieve the bodies.

You can read the report here: https://bit.ly/3fE24J9

This leads to a variety of questions:

- Why are so many variations of stories coming out about that one incident? Isn't this matter an important enough National issue for the Govt to provide a detailed brief on? How can ANY Govt, in this age, take over 4 days to come out with a detailed brief and a press conference on this matter?

- IF the Chinese had prepared for over 2 days, what was India's surveillance doing? Where were Indian UAVs? How could they have 'walked' into a trap in a known conflict area? Why wasn't there surveillance?

- How were rivulets/rivers blocked which India didn't know of and hadn't taken precautions about them? 

- What is the 'contested' side in Galwan? Why hasn't India gone and pitched in its presence?

- What was the CO doing in a patrol?

- Why does everything about the current functioning leaves questions?

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