NEW DELHI – The incident in Arunachal Pradesh, where Chinese workersentered Indian territory constructing a track, has been resolved, ArmyChief General Bipin Rawat said on Monday.
He also said that there was a major reduction in the number of Chinesetroops in the Doklam area.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event here, the Army Chief said the “Tutingincident has been resolved”.
General Rawat said a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) took place “two daysback” on the issue.
Talking about the situation along the India-China border in Sikkim sector,where the two countries were involved in a 73-day-long standoff in Doklam,he said there was a major reduction in the number of troops on the Chineseside.
A Chinese road construction party entered India on December 26, 2017, andwere constructing a track, around two kilometres away from the nearestIndo-Tibetan Border Police post.
An almost 600-metre-long and 12-feet wide track was constructed on theIndian territory when the Chinese party was stopped.
The Chinese labourers had entered the area inadvertently, according to agovernment report on the incident. The Chinese People`s Liberation Army(PLA) troops were not involved in the incident.
The incident came nearly four months after the end of the Dokalam standoffthat went on from June 16 to August 28, 2017.
Earlier, speaking at the Army Technology Summit here, the Army Chiefpitched for modernisation of the force and said India needed to be readyfor “future wars”.
“There is a huge requirement of modernisation of our armed forces, in everyfield,” he said.
“Future wars will be fought in difficult terrains and circumstances and wehave to be prepared for them.
“We would like to gradually move away from imports (in defence technology)because for a nation like ours, the time has come to ensure that we fightthe next war with home-made solutions,” he said.