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After Ladakh face-off, satellite images reveal China diverting river course

The imagery sighted on Tuesday also showed the machinery along the mountains and in the Galwan River

After Ladakh face-off, satellite images reveal China diverting river course
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The Indian intercepts have revealed that the Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including dead and seriously injured in the violent clash.

ANI New Delhi
Days after a violent face-off between India and China in the Galwan valley, satellite images have surfaced showing China diverting the course of the Galwan river.

The satellite pictures, which show alterations in the landscape of the valley - widening tracks, moved earth and river crossings - were taken by the Earth-imaging company Planet Labs, the Daily Mail reported.

'Looking at it in Planet, it looks like China is constructing roads in the valley and possibly damming the river,' Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Non-proliferation Programme at California's Middlebury Institute of International Studies, was quoted as saying.

He

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