New Delhi: Indian Army Chief General VK Singh says that India has a "perceptional difference" with China over boundaries. Reacting to reports of Chinese troops having entered Ladakh, General Singh claimed that such incidents cannot be defined as intrusions.
"What has come in print media toady about so called intrusion, that particular area where this thing has been shown, is a area where there is perceptional difference of the Line of Actual Control between us and China. This has been there for very long time. Right at the time the LAC was put down on a very large scale map by China. So as per our interpretation line runs in a particular manner and as per Chinese perception line runs in a different alignment this is not marked on ground. Therefore there is always perceptional problems. I do not see it as alarming development I only see it as perception problem," said General Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Chinese troops reportedly entered the Indian territory along the Line of Actual Control in South-eastern Ladakh region and threatened a contractor and his team to halt work on constructing a "passenger shed".

The state government has submitted an official report to the Centre saying that Chinese troops tried to stop construction work in the Gombir area of Demchok region of Jammu and Kashmir and also threatened locals not to carry out further work.

Jammu and Kashmir government has also taken up the issue with Ministry of External Affairs and the Minitstry of Sefence.

The alleged incident of incursion took place in September-October last year in a village about 300-kms south-east of Leh district headquarters.

When contacted, Lt Col JS Brar, who officiates as spokesperson for Leh-based 14 Corps, refused to comment on the issue.

According to the report, the civil administration proceeded on field verification to the area on October two, 2010 and on the next day, Army wrote to the administration to seek Defence Ministry's clearance for any project within 50 kms of Border.