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km Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the crux of on-going military tensions, saying the People’s New
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the LAC and would facilitate civilian movement and access apart from military logistics.
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LAC and for that we do not need Chinese permission,” said a senior of cial.

Also Read: India building border infra, deploying military root cause of tension: China

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According to military commanders, the PLA has drawn optical bre for secure communication
at contested Gogra-Hot Springs, used heavy-lift cranes to drop solar heated containers as
accommodation for forward troops on north bank of Pangong Tso and have built a hospital in
the depth area to cater to high-altitude sickness and medical problems associated with rare ed
atmosphere.

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However, according to China watchers, the reason why PLA is concerned about Indian
infrastructure upgrade in Ladakh is that it could pose a military threat to the multi-billion
China Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC, to Pakistan that passes via Khunjerab Pass and
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It is understood that the Chinese have conveyed their concerns
over CPEC to its all-weather ally Pakistan as India has very strongly objected to Beijing
exploiting the ecologically sensitive Gilgit-Baltistan area and PoK.

Also Read: China doubled its air bases, air defences and heliports near LAC in three years

The increased Indian military capacity and capability on the LAC also prevents the PLA from
nibbling into East Ladakh in pursuance of its maximalist 1959 cartographical claim line.

The fact is that in 1976, the China Study Group headed by the then Cabinet Secretary had
de ned 65 patrolling points as limits for Indian Army on the Ladakh LAC. As these patrolling
points were well within Indian perception of LAC, the PLA through tremendous border
upgrades tried to turn these limits as Indian border. This was pointed out to the UPA regime by
former foreign secretary Shyam Saran when, as the National Security Advisory Board
chairman, he advocated that Indian troops must patrol up to at least the limits de ned by CSG.

Over the years, China has pressurised India not only on the border but has also been
condescending enough to ask New Delhi to maintain its non-aligned position and not get close
to the United States. Beijing, on its part, believes that it belongs to a different league and has
blocked India from becoming a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), UN Security Council
and even helped Pakistan to unsuccessfully try to get Indian engineers involved in Afghan
reconstruction as global terrorists under 1267 UNSC resolution.

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