New Delhi,
\nArmy Chief General Bipin Rawat today said Indian and Chinese troops had resolved an issue over the recent attempt by Chinese teams to build a road on the Indian side of the border at Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n
Speaking to media on the sidelines of a seminar on Army technology, General Rawat said the Indian troops had stopped attempts by Chinese engineering teams to build a road near Tuting and the ‘incident’ had been resolved.<\/p>\n
General Rawat said a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) between the two sides in Arunachal two days ago had resolved the issue. Chinese road building teams had entered about 1 km inside the Indian territory in Tuting, government sources said, adding that they had come for track alignment activities. The teams returned when confronted by Indian troops and left behind various road-building equipment, including excavators, they said.<\/p>\n
According to the Army chief, there was a major reduction of Chinese troops in the Doklam area of Sikkim sector. In June, Indian soldiers crossed the Sikkim border to stop China from constructing a road in the Doklam plateau. Bhutan has no diplomatic relations with China and asked India to intervene. Delhi also stressed that it had forewarned China that the road would be seen as a serious security concern because of the access it opens up to the narrow sliver of land called the “Chicken’s Neck” that links India to its north-eastern states.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Army Chief said: \u201cThere is need for modernisation, as future wars will be fought in difficult terrain and circumstances and we have to be prepared for them\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said he was confident of support from the industry \u201cwe will walk the extra mile to ensure that we utilise the technology you give us,\u201d he promised industry leaders in New Delhi. He appreciated the progress made in the area of defence technology.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that the Army Chief has commented on the crucial need for equipping the armed forces with the latest that technology has to offer. In November, he had spoken about armoured vehicles in the future should have the ability to operate on both northern and western borders. “Whatever be the future armoured vehicle we are looking at, we must have the capability to operate on the western border and the northern border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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