Ladakh: On its side of the Line of Actual Control, China is said to have placed mobile towers (LAC). Beijing has been rapidly developing its infrastructure on its side of the border, claimed local councillor Konchok Stanzin. In the Chushul district of Ladakh, China has constructed three mobile towers close to Indian territory, he added.
“After completing the bridge over Pangong lake, China has installed 3 mobile towers near China’s hot spring very close to the Indian territory,” Stanzin, who is the councillor from Chushul, said in a tweet. He also shared images of the towers.
Chushul is found in the Durbuk tehsil of Ladakh’s Leh district. The Line of Actual Control is located around 8 kilometres east of Chushul.
Stanzin expressed concern that India has yet to deploy 4G mobile towers in several of the communities that are densely populated and near to the LAC.
“We don’t even have 4G facilities in human habitation villages. 11 villages in my constituency have no 4G facilities,” Stanzin said, adding “we should also install 4G towers on our side”.
India had already expressed strong opposition to China’s unlawful construction of a bridge across a section of the Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh, and claimed it was closely monitoring the situation.
The bridge is being built in areas that have been under China’s illegal occupation for about 60 years, according to Ministry of External Affairs spokeswoman Arindam Bagchi.
The bridge connects the north and south banks of Pangong Lake, providing easy access to both sides for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
India and China have been engaged in the border face-off for around two years now. Although disengagement started last year, the two sides are yet to complete disengagement in all friction areas.
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