NEW DELHI: China has installed three cellphone towers close to the Indian side near hot springs in Ladakh, indicated shepherds returning from winter pastures Beijing It may be looking at building a settlement and expanding military presence in the area, which was one of the sites where the two armies faced off in 2020.
konchok stanzinwhich represents the border constituency of Chushul The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council said that the installation of cellphone towers by China in such a remote location underscores the poor communication infrastructure in the border villages along the Indian border.
“They (China) are setting up 4G towers in such isolated areas. Their shepherds will now be connected. Our shepherds fall off the grid once they are out with their livestock. Barring two, all the border villages are still on 2G (service) which is the worst and lacks signal strength,” he said. times of India, He tweeted pictures of the new Chinese towers, which were clicked by the shepherds from vantage points. times of India Could not independently verify pictures.
The hot spring is across the Marsimik La (the pass in Ladakhi), 22 km from Phobrang village, a 5-6 hour drive east from Leh.
The border region from Phobrang in the west to Pangong and then the plains of Changthang to Chumar in the east is a long, dark telecommunications patch. Pangong has 2G service with limited coverage in Phobrang and the twin villages of Man-Merak. Chushul and Demchok Recently got 4G service. But the latter is facing outages and slow service as it is VSAT-based and not optic-fibre service. in the middle, from ITBPHema Post to Tgayarmale observation through the open plains of Changthang, the Chinese cell service rules the airwaves.
Coming soon after China completed a bridge pangong tso (Lake in Ladakh), Stanzin said the cell tower in the hot springs indicates plans to build dual-use infrastructure to settle pastures and could also increase troops. “Wherever there is a large presence of soldiers, they are known to introduce 4G services. The dual-use infrastructure could be used by additional troops,” Stanzin said.
China recently completed a 400-metre-long and 8-metre-wide bridge across the banks of Pangong, about 20 km from the Indian Army’s Khurnak post on the south coast in the Chushul sub-region.
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konchok stanzinwhich represents the border constituency of Chushul The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council said that the installation of cellphone towers by China in such a remote location underscores the poor communication infrastructure in the border villages along the Indian border.
“They (China) are setting up 4G towers in such isolated areas. Their shepherds will now be connected. Our shepherds fall off the grid once they are out with their livestock. Barring two, all the border villages are still on 2G (service) which is the worst and lacks signal strength,” he said. times of India, He tweeted pictures of the new Chinese towers, which were clicked by the shepherds from vantage points. times of India Could not independently verify pictures.
The hot spring is across the Marsimik La (the pass in Ladakhi), 22 km from Phobrang village, a 5-6 hour drive east from Leh.
The border region from Phobrang in the west to Pangong and then the plains of Changthang to Chumar in the east is a long, dark telecommunications patch. Pangong has 2G service with limited coverage in Phobrang and the twin villages of Man-Merak. Chushul and Demchok Recently got 4G service. But the latter is facing outages and slow service as it is VSAT-based and not optic-fibre service. in the middle, from ITBPHema Post to Tgayarmale observation through the open plains of Changthang, the Chinese cell service rules the airwaves.
Coming soon after China completed a bridge pangong tso (Lake in Ladakh), Stanzin said the cell tower in the hot springs indicates plans to build dual-use infrastructure to settle pastures and could also increase troops. “Wherever there is a large presence of soldiers, they are known to introduce 4G services. The dual-use infrastructure could be used by additional troops,” Stanzin said.
China recently completed a 400-metre-long and 8-metre-wide bridge across the banks of Pangong, about 20 km from the Indian Army’s Khurnak post on the south coast in the Chushul sub-region.
watch Has China built three cell towers near hot springs in Ladakh?