In a major development, China has retracted its troops and vehicles from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by around 1.5 kilometres at three locations - Galwan, Hot springs and Gogra.

Indian Army sources quoted by Zee News informed that the disengagement that was agreed upon at Corps Commander-level talks had started and rearward movement of personnel and vehicles of the Chinese Army has been seen in the regions.

At Galwan, Chinese troops have been seen moving away 1-2 km away with tents being removed by them. 

However, heavily armoured vehicles of the PLA are still present in the deeper areas of the Galwan river area. Sources informed that the Indian Army is monitoring the situation with caution.

To verify the claims, a physical verification has been conducted, senior army officials from the Indian side confirmed.

Both militaries had held talks on June 6, June 22 and June 30 on disengagement modalities. It is after June 22 that the thinning of troops was seen.

WION had broken the story 10 days ago on June 24 that disengagement has started with Chinese troops moving away from the 3 locations.

Since early May 2020, the Chinese side has been hindering India's normal patrolling pattern along the LAC in Ladakh. In mid-May, the Chinese side attempted to transgress the LAC in other areas of the Western Sector of the India-China border areas and this was met with an appropriate response by Indian forces.

(With inputs from WION's Sidhant Sibal)