INDIA DEMOLISHES STRATEGIC BUNKERS AT CHUMAR AS CONCESSION TO BEIJING
Chinese Troops Agree to Withdraw Tents from Depsang Only After India Dismantles Forward Defenses
On 5 May 2013, the 21-day Depsang standoff ended only after the UPA government agreed to Beijing's humiliating demand to demolish newly constructed forward defensive tin-shed bunkers and surveillance cameras at Chumar in southern Ladakh.
The mutual withdrawal was widely viewed by defense analysts as a strategic setback, as India dismantled fortified sovereign positions within its own territory to persuade Chinese PLA intruders to vacate a 19-km deep intrusion.
Opposition leaders and military veterans condemned the concession as an act of diplomatic capitulation.
📌 Key Figures & Decision Makers
- ▸ A.K. Antony (Defense Minister)
- ▸ Salman Khurshid
- ▸ Manmohan Singh
- • Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense Report on Border Infrastructure (Lok Sabha Secretariat, 2013)