Army may send more troops to LAC in Ladakh Ravi Krishnan Khajuria/TNS Jammu, July 22 Alarmed at frequent Chinese incursions in Ladakh, the Army may contemplate increasing the density of its troops along the 700-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region. “Given the frequent incursions, the Army is likely to contemplate increasing the density of troops for effectively guarding the LAC in Ladakh,” said an Army source. But he termed the Chinese misadventures as transgressions and not incursions or intrusions, attributing these to differing perceptions of the LAC, which has not been delineated between the two Asian giants. Another Army source, however, said under the garb of differing perceptions of the LAC, the Chinese were in fact probing India. “They want to see how India reacts to their manoeuvre. And going by their heightened activity, it would be logical to assume an increase in the density of troops in the region,” he said. Chumar, which has witnessed the maximum number of intrusions by the Chinese, will get more “focused” attention, he said. In a belated response to China’s ever-increasing military might, the Union Government has recently given its approval to raise a Mountain Strike Corps along the China border. The corps will come up in seven years at a cost of Rs 64,000 crore. “China is mightier than us in military capabilities but it is time for India to give a serious thought to its Defence budget,” he said. The 4,057-km LAC between India and China runs along J&K, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. PLA came close to Indian posts Chinese troops came as close as 2 kms to Indian posts in eastern Ladakh last week. Fresh details suggest the latest incident happened as recent as two days ago in the Chumar area. This was fifth such incidents in the past 11 days
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:12:51 +0000
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