A Year After India Stopped China From Building Road In Doklam, Intrusions Decline By 10 Per Cent 

There has been a 10 per cent decline in the number of intrusions along India-China border, a government official has told The Hindu.

The official also said that the presence of troops along the border had also reduced by 30 per cent. The minister of state for defence Subhash Bhamre had said that the number of intrusions along India-China border was 426 in 2017.

The official claimed that the number of transgressions reduced after the 73-day standoff at Doklam on India-China-Bhutan transgression.

“The transgressions continue to take place due to the difference in perception of the actual boundary. But after Doklam, the diplomatic manoeuvring and dialogue with the counterparts at the border ensured there was no steep increase. There are many incidents of border transgressions that are not being recorded by both sides. If it’s reported, then it becomes part of the official record. The troops on both sides are communicating more and sorting out the differences,” the official said.

India sticks to the border drawn by British civil servant W H Johnson in Ladakh which shows Aksai Chin as part of Jammu and Kashmir. In the northeast, India sticks to McMohan Line. India and China have differences in these two areas, while the middle sector has been more or less settled by the two nations.