The Home Minsitry is likely to sanction 10,000 at the Sino-Indian border at Arunachal Pradesh.
In the background of repeated Chinese incursions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the government has decided to double the number of security personnel manning the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh in two years, according to an English daily.
The Home Ministry is likely to sanction an additional frontier of Indo-Tibetan Border Police at the Sino-Indian border in the state, where currently only one frontier exists. The reports also suggests that another 10,000 personnel could be deployed so as to allow the force to rest and recuperate giving the ITBP a 100% boost there. However this could also lead to a stress among the security force leading to a hike in attrition rate.
The report quotes ITBP DG Krishna Chaudhary expressing hope that both plans get sanctioned after meeting Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The proposed eight battalions of 10,000 personnel will guard 54 Border Outposts, apart from the 40 BoPs, in two years after receiving training. While the Indo-Pak border has BoPs at every 3-4 kms, the Sino-Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh in some places has BoPs every 50-100 kms.
India and China share over 4,000 km of LAC. China claims approximately 90,000 sq km of territory in Arunachal Pradesh besides 38,000 sq km in Jammu and Kashmir sector.
Indian and Chinese troops recently had two face-offs along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, in the same area where People's Liberation Army had pitched camps in April 2013 leading to a three-week long stalemate.
According to officials in the know of developments, the Chinese troops came to Burtse and Depsang areas in North of Ladakh, first on March 20 and then on March 28, apparently as part of attempts to reach Old Patrol Point, the last established base of Indian security forces. The PLA troops made attempts to push the Indian troops back but these were thwarted, they said. Vigilant Indian troops displayed the banners in Chinese asking the PLA to return to their side, the officials said. Ever since this incident, the Indian troops have been carrying out regular patrols to higher points along the LAC to keep check on movement of the PLA.
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