Sources on Tuesday said that Chinese troops are still present in the Finger 5 area of the Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh. As per the sources, some withdrawal of troops have taken place but its minimal, adding that the next fews days will be critical.

In the wake of the situation, the Indian Army is on high alert and has increased the deployment of tanks along the East Ladakh borders to repel any threat from the Chinese army. Around 60,000 soldiers have been deployed in East Ladakh along with Bhishm tanks, Apache attack helicopters, Sukhoi fighter jets, Chinook and Rudra helicopters near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). 

The development arose a day before Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir on July 17-18.

On July 14, the fourth round of Corps Commander-level talks about the disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries concluded. The Indian delegation informed the Chinese troops about the "red lines" and conveyed that the onus is upon them to adhere to it, and improve the security situation there.

"Chinese and Indian border troops held the fourth round of commander-level talks on July 14. Building on the common understanding reached at the previous three rounds of commander-level talks and corresponding implementation work, the two sides achieved progress in further disengagement between border troops as well as easing the situation at the western sector of the China-India boundary," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying Chunying had said in a press briefing.

"We hope that India will work with China to implement our consensus with concrete actions and jointly safeguard peace and tranquillity in the border areas," he had said.

The PLA has already completed pulling back troops from Gogra, Hot Springs and Galwan Valley and significantly thinned down its presence in the ridgeline of Finger Four in the Pangong Tso area in the last one week as demanded by India.

The situation at the India-China border became tense after 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in a violent face-off in the Galwan valley on June 15-16.