Report claims Chinese Army build-up along border from Ladakh to Arunachal; India beefs up deployment

New Delhi: Tensions along the Line of Actual Control continue to ring alarm bells in Delhi as even when India and China are in the conversational stage over the standoffs along eastern Ladakh, reports claim that the Chinese army has deployed troops along the 4,000-km long LAC. India too ramped up its military force in combat formations in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

“The Chinese army has done military build-up not only just in Ladakh but also in other sectors including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh wherever it shares borders with us. The build-up includes troops and heavy weaponry which are deployed in rear positions,” news agency ANI quoted government sources as saying.

The sources further stated that the Indian Army too rushed its troops in fighting formations to the forward posts in the aforementioned sectors to prevent the possibility of any misadventure by China.

“The reserve brigades of a Corps with an area of responsibility including Himachal Pradesh have gone up to the Ladakh sector to provide backup and cushion to the 3 Infantry Division based in Karu there. Additional fighting formations have also been moved forward to the border locations in Himachal Pradesh where Chinese choppers had shown up in April,” the report claimed.

In Uttarakhand, supplementary troops have been deployed in Harsil-Barahoti-Nelang Valley and nearby sectors after reports claimed that Chinese choppers had hovered around before the build-up and Chinese foot soldiers have been spotted patrolling the area.

India and China have been at loggerheads for over a month now ever since the Chinese People’s Liberation Army began building up along the LAC in the first week of May near Ladakh and Sikkim (Naku La area).