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SHRINKING TERRITORY ALONG THE LAC
Its official: Indias lost land to China
New Delhi: The area along the line of actual control (LAC) with China has shrunk over the years and India has lost substantial tracts of land in the past two decades, says an official report. At a recent meeting held in Leh, attended by officials from the J&K government, the ministry of home affairs and the Army, everyone agreed that no proper mapping of the area had been done and different agencies had different maps for it. The meeting was chaired by Commissioner (Leh) A K Sahu and attended by Brigadier-General Staff of 14 Corps Brig Sarat Chand and Colonel Inderjit Singh, among others.
All of them said, It should be accepted that we have withdrawn from the LAC and our area has shrunk. The process is slow but we have lost a substantial amount of land over the past 20-25 years. The participants also said there was a lack of institutional memory in various agencies as well as a clear policy on this issue, which in the long run, has resulted in India losing its territory to China.
The meeting was called to ensure that proper protection is expended to nomads who take their cattle to the Dokbug area in Nyoma sector every winter for grazing. The Chinese apparently do not take kindly to these people. In fact, in 2008, Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) had damaged the nomads tents and reportedly threatened them to vacate the land. AGENCIES
China driving out J&K nomads
New Delhi: At a meeting in Lehcalled to ensure protection to nomads threatened by the Chinese to clear out of Dokbug in Nyoma where they go during winterthe participants said India had lost tracts of land to China over the years.
They (Chinese) have threatened the nomadic people who had been using Dokbug area (Ladakh sector) for grazing cattle for years. Its a tactic to take away our land in inches, a report by Nyomas former subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Tsering Norboo had said. Shepherds use the land for grazing as the area is warmer than other parts of Ladakh.
The SDM contended that it was another attempt by the Chinese to claim the territory as they had taken the Nag Tsang area opposite Phuktse airfield in 1984, Nakung in 1991 and Lungma-Serding in 1992. Last year, Chinese troops had entered nearly 1.5 km into the Indian territory on July 31 near Mount Gya, recognised as the international border by India and China, and painted boulders and rocks with China and Chin in red spray paint.
The 22,420-ft Mount Gya, also known as the fair princess of snow by the army, is located at the tri-junction of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet. Its boundary was marked during the British era and regarded as the international border by the two countries.
Before this, Chinese helicopters had violated Indian air space on June 21 along the Line of Actual Control in Chumar. AGENCIES
Its official: Indias lost land to China
Its official: Indias lost land to China
New Delhi: The area along the line of actual control (LAC) with China has shrunk over the years and India has lost substantial tracts of land in the past two decades, says an official report. At a recent meeting held in Leh, attended by officials from the J&K government, the ministry of home affairs and the Army, everyone agreed that no proper mapping of the area had been done and different agencies had different maps for it. The meeting was chaired by Commissioner (Leh) A K Sahu and attended by Brigadier-General Staff of 14 Corps Brig Sarat Chand and Colonel Inderjit Singh, among others.
All of them said, It should be accepted that we have withdrawn from the LAC and our area has shrunk. The process is slow but we have lost a substantial amount of land over the past 20-25 years. The participants also said there was a lack of institutional memory in various agencies as well as a clear policy on this issue, which in the long run, has resulted in India losing its territory to China.
The meeting was called to ensure that proper protection is expended to nomads who take their cattle to the Dokbug area in Nyoma sector every winter for grazing. The Chinese apparently do not take kindly to these people. In fact, in 2008, Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) had damaged the nomads tents and reportedly threatened them to vacate the land. AGENCIES
China driving out J&K nomads
New Delhi: At a meeting in Lehcalled to ensure protection to nomads threatened by the Chinese to clear out of Dokbug in Nyoma where they go during winterthe participants said India had lost tracts of land to China over the years.
They (Chinese) have threatened the nomadic people who had been using Dokbug area (Ladakh sector) for grazing cattle for years. Its a tactic to take away our land in inches, a report by Nyomas former subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Tsering Norboo had said. Shepherds use the land for grazing as the area is warmer than other parts of Ladakh.
The SDM contended that it was another attempt by the Chinese to claim the territory as they had taken the Nag Tsang area opposite Phuktse airfield in 1984, Nakung in 1991 and Lungma-Serding in 1992. Last year, Chinese troops had entered nearly 1.5 km into the Indian territory on July 31 near Mount Gya, recognised as the international border by India and China, and painted boulders and rocks with China and Chin in red spray paint.
The 22,420-ft Mount Gya, also known as the fair princess of snow by the army, is located at the tri-junction of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet. Its boundary was marked during the British era and regarded as the international border by the two countries.
Before this, Chinese helicopters had violated Indian air space on June 21 along the Line of Actual Control in Chumar. AGENCIES
Its official: Indias lost land to China
