India has also maintained a similar
number of troops to ensure that the
chinese side does not even think of any
misadventure.
The chinese army has withdrawn all its
summer training troops in the area's
opposite Ladakh, but is still maintaining
60,000 troops there. The threat perception is there, top
government sources told india today.
The sources said the indian army has
also moved ahead of its
counter-terrorism Rashtriya rifles
uniform force formation in the Ladakh
theatre to bolster the 14 corps there. The indian army has also been
maintaining forward deployment to
counter any threat there, the sources
said.
The indian army is also keeping the
passes open near the Lakh to ensure that
troops can be moved forward in a quick
manner if required.
The defence ministry and its
year-end review recently stated that the
unilateral and provocative actions by
the chinese to change the status quo by
force, in more than one area on the lac
have been responded to inadequate
measure.
To resolve the issue the militaries of
the two countries have been engaged in
dialogue at various levels.
After sustained joint efforts
disengagement was carried out at many
locations. force levels in areas where
disengagement has yet to take place have
been adequately enhanced. Threat assessment and internal
deliberations have resulted in
reorganization and realignment of forces
in keeping with the army's mandate of
ensuring territorial integrity and to
counter the major augmentation of
china's people's liberation army forces and military infrastructure.
Troops continue to deal with chinese
troops in a firm, resolute and peaceful
manner while ensuring the sanctity of India's claims.
Upgradation and development of
infrastructure along the northern
borders are being carried out in a
holistic and comprehensive manner, including roads, tunnels for all weather
connectivity, four strategic railway
lines, additional bridges across the
brahmaputr,a upgradation of bridges on
critical indochina border roads and
storage for supplies, fuel and ammunition. Major efforts have also been undertaken
to identify dual-use infrastructure.
The chinese numbers had surged
significantly during the summer season
as they brought in a large number of
troops for summer training. They have now gone back to their rear
locations. however they are still maintaining
around 60,000 troops in the area's
opposite Ladakh, government sources said.
The threat perception is there from the
chinese side as they continue to build
infrastructure across the Lac. New roads are being built opposite the
dalot begged oldie area and near the
pangong lake area, they said.
sources said the indian side has also
taken very strong steps to ensure that
any possible misadventure from the
chinese side. The indian army has brought in the
forces of the counter-terrorism
rashtriya rifles uniform force into the Ladakh theatre on the eastern front, even
as the infrastructure build-up is
continuing from the Indian side too.
Sources said that the indian army is
keeping all the mountain passes open to
russian troops if they are required at
any of the friction points there.
Sources said the indian side is in the
eyeball to eyeball situation with the
chinese troops only at one or two
locations as at most of the places, two
armies are separated by buffer zones. Both sides are also deploying a large
number of surveillance drones over the
buffer zones to keep an eye on the
movement of each other's troops.
Sources said the chinese are finding the
winter deployments very harsh as they
are rotating troops at forwarding
locations very fast. During their maiden deployment in the
extreme winters in high-altitude
locations, they were being rotated almost
daily as they were suffering a lot of
cold-related injuries.
On the chinese aggression which started
in april to may last year, the defence
ministry in its year-end review had
stated that unilateral and provocative
actions by the chinese to change the
status quo by force. In more than one
area on the lac has been responded to as
an adequate measure.
To resolve the issue, the militaries of
the two countries have been engaged in
dialogue at various levels. after sustained joint efforts
disengagement was carried out at many
locations. Force levels in areas where
disengagement has yet to take place have
been adequately enhanced.
