New Delhi, May 7: India appears to have agreed to vacate Chumar post, where it had built bunkers close to the Line of Actual Control in order to end the face-off with Chinese army.
The 21-day-long standoff on Ladakh's Depsang plains ended on Sunday evening only after the Indian Army agreed to demolish bunkers it had built in Chumar.
The bunkers are close to India's current border and the Chinese had earlier objected to the building of bunkers.
It was only after India agreed to the Chinese demand to pull down these "permanent" bunkers that the Chinese army agreed to pull back and restore pre-April 15 status .
The Chumar post is vital for the Indian army, as the jawans there used to keep an eye on the huge Karakoram highway.
The vacation of the strategically located Chumar post could bring to an end India's daily drill of border patrols to the area, as jawans used to keep an eye on troop movements on the Chinese side.
At the April 21 flag meeting, the Chinese demanded the observation post at Chumar be immediately dismantled, but India said it was only a resting place for its patrolling troops from icy winds.
Although the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday claimed that no concessions were given to China to end the face off, the revelation about the pullout from Chumar bunkers has come as a shock to the security establishment here.
