- China is constructing a bridge in Eastern Ladakh connecting the North and South Banks of PangongTso.
- Construction has been going on for sometime and it would reduce the overall distance by around 140-150kms.
- India holds one third of the 135 km long boomerang shaped lake located at an altitude of over 14,000 feet.
- The North bank has been the initial site of the clashes in early May 2020 while tensions on South Bank had flared up later in August.