Helicopters drop food for China troops

New Delhi: The Indian and Chinese soldiers are camped in tents at Chumar in Ladakh, where the temperatures at night have already dipped to sub-zero levels.

According to reports, Chinese helicopters have been dropping food packets for the Chinese PLA soldiers at Chumar, although none of them violated Indian air space. The food packets were later collected by the PLA personnel.

Tension erupted when some Chinese workers, who were constructing a road on their side, crossed into the Indian side and claimed that they had orders to build a road up to Tible, 5 km inside Indian territory.

The Army and the ITBP have mobilised hundreds of troops and the Indian side will not pull back till the Chinese do, sources said.