Chinese taking land by inches and not yards;const in Karakoram

CHINA-INCURSION


Sumir Kaul

Leh (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 13 (PTI) The Chinese army
has done some construction activities along the international
border across Karakoram ranges in Ladakh sector for the first
time since the 1962 stand-off between the two countries with a
report of Jammu and Kashmir government saying that they have
been taking "land in inches and not in yards".

The Chinese Army – PLA – has been engaged in construction
activities across the Karakoram ranges which could be used for
either stationing of additional personnel or mounting a camera
for monitoring Indian troop movement, official sources said.

The Karakoram pass falls precisely on the boundary
between India and China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region, marking
northern end of Sino-Indian border, known as the Line of
Actual Control.

It also plays a major geographic role in the dispute
between Pakistan and India over control of the Siachen Glacier
area immediately to the west of the pass.

This situation arose from the Simla Agreement, signed in
1972 between India and Pakistan, when the treaty failed to
specify the last 100 km of ceasefire line from end of the Line
of Control to Karakoram Pass. The West of the Pass is also
referred as China-Indian-Pakistani tripoint. MORE PTI SKL
DDC


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