{"id":8875,"date":"2020-07-08T15:59:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T10:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=8875"},"modified":"2023-04-13T10:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:57:33","slug":"lac-security-challenges-and-their-management-in-border-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/lac-security-challenges-and-their-management-in-border-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"LAC:  Security challenges and their management in border areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LAC: Security challenges and their management in border areas<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims\/Mains: G.S paper III: Security challenges and their management in border areas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Context:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightsonindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/011315_0858_SecurityCha2.jpg\" alt=\"Security Challenges and Their Management in Border Areas - INSIGHTSIAS\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 After many rounds of military-level, foreign minister and NSA level talks, a movement towards de-escalation is said to be taking place in the military build-up at the Line of Actual Control. Chinese soldiers are said to be stepping back in three of the contentious areas \u2014 Galwan, Hot Springs and Gogra.\u00a0This is a development in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insightsonindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/galwan_valley-e1592476766341.png\" alt=\"India China Galwan Valley standoff - INSIGHTSIAS\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Long way to go:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 However, the verification process by the Indian Army is still underway, and it should continue to be so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 After all, the incident at Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, took place at a time when the two sides were supposed to be disengaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Moreover, there appears no de-escalation at the other \u201cfriction point\u201d, Finger 4 at Pangong Lake.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In any case, disengagement does not mean a return to status quo ante yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At Sunday\u2019s Special Representatives meeting, the two officials reiterated their commitment to the maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 But the distinct difference in the tone and tenor of the readouts of this meeting put out by the MEA and the Chinese MEA draws attention to the hazards of jumping to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 According to the Chinese statement \u201cthe right and wrong of what recently happened at the Galwan Valley in the western sector of the China-India boundary is very clear. China will continue firmly safeguarding our territorial sovereignty as well as peace and tranquility in the border areas\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Key challenges:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 The challenges ahead for India remain enormous.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 One is the sheer length of the LAC \u2014 4,000 km of it, compared to the Line of Control which is 740 km.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Apart from the disputed portions that already exist and that both sides have discussed in several previous rounds of talks between the Special Representatives,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There is now an unpredictability as China disputes portions on which there was no ambiguity earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 India\u2019s perception of the Galwan Valley was not disputed by the Chinese before this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A give in one part of this long unmarked boundary may be accompanied by take somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In the latest demonstration of this unpredictability, China has now opened a new front, staking claim to territory in eastern Bhutan, close to the border of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This \u201ceastern sector\u201d had never been part of 24 rounds of boundary talks between Bhutan and China.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The claim, which first came to light when China tried to block UN funding to the Sakteng wildlife reserve in that area, was reiterated by Beijing on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Even as the Indian Army is preoccupied in Ladakh, this places more pressure on it in the eastern sector, where China claims all of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Conclusion:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Ensuring that China keeps its commitment to peace and tranquility in the border areas should be our objective.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; 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