The Chinese Army is building permanent concrete structures near the Line of Actual Control, which will allow its troops access the disputed areas with India in a very short time.
Defence Minister Rajnath Inaugrate BRO bridge in Ladakh, Along with this Rajanath singh and Army Chief will visit forward location of LAC. On day first of visit Defence Minister Rajnath Singh carried out a comprehensive review of India's military preparedness in eastern Ladakh on the first day of his three-day visit to the region amid a deadlock with China over the next stage of disengagement at several friction points.
India's strong comments on the border row came a day after China said its military deployment in the region is a normal defence arrangement aimed at "preventing and responding" to "encroachment and threat" on Chinese territory by "relevant country".
"Talks are on for next round. There is a proposal for Commander-level talks and decisions will be taken. The first attempt is to continue with talks and do disengagement of balance friction points and follow it with de-escalation," Bhadauria said.
With India and China engaged in a military standoff for more than a year now, the Chinese Air Force recently carried out a big aerial exercise from its airbases opposite Eastern Ladakh
A Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing at a forward helipad in eastern Ladakh, sources told news agency PTI.
India and China on Friday held "in-depth" discussions on addressing the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, holding that disengagement in the North and South banks of Pangong lake provided a good basis to work towards their early resolution.
India and China had a stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) since April-May last year due to actions of the Chinese Army and the disengagement process was reached after several rounds of military and diplomatic talks.
Indian and Chinese armies last week concluded withdrawal of troops and weapons from north and south banks of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh.
India and China have had a stand-off along the LAC since April-May last year due to actions of the Chinese army and have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks.
Indian and Chinese military on Saturday held another round of military talks with a focus on taking forward the disengagement process at friction points like Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, two days after concluding the withdrawal of troops and weapons from North and South banks of Pangong Tso in the high-altitude region, official sources said.
The Indian delegation at Saturday's talks will be led by Lt Gen PGK Menon, the Commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps while the Chinese side is expected to be headed by Maj Gen Liu Lin, the commander of the South Xinjiang military district of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengaging from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh where they had been deployed opposite each other for almost ten months now.
The parliamentary standing committee on defence has decided to visit the Galwan Valley and Pangong lake in the eastern Ladakh region which has been witness to a violent stand-off between the troops of India and China, sources said on Friday. The 30-member committee, chaired by senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Jual Oram and of which Rahul Gandhi is also a member, wishes to visit the eastern Ladakh region in the last week of May or in June.
The decision to visit these areas was taken in the panel's last meeting which was not attended by Rahul Gandhi, sources said, adding since the panel intends to visit the LAC, it depends on approval from the government.
The Ministry of Defence has said that India din't conced any territory to China in eastern Ladakh. It added that New Delhi instead enforced respect for LAC and prevented any unilateral change in the status quo.
Rahul Gandhi has claimed that PM Narendra Modi has given up India's territory to China in Ladakh.
BJP has asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to ask his great granfather Jawaharlal Nehru about who gave India's land to China.
India and China rushed a large number of battle tanks, armoured vehicles and heavy equipment in eastern Ladakh after tension escalated following a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley in June last year.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha after his Rajya Sabha address, Defence Minister Rajanth Singh emphasised that during the talks, India didn't lose anything. "I want to assure this House that in these talks we have not conceded anything. The House should also know that there are still some outstanding issues with regard to deployment and patrolling at some other points along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh."
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