China villages are on their side: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat

NEW DELHI: Chinese troops have not intruded into Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh and built a new village there, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat stressed on Thursday, even as he said troop disengagement could take place in eastern Ladakh but overall de-escalation is “far-fetched” at this stage.
“This issue about the Chinese building villages all along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is true. The Chinese are building these villages possibly for billeting and locating their civilians and soldiers in the future, particularly after the recent face-offs we have had,” he said.
“But this present controversy that has erupted that Chinese have come across into our territory and built a new village is not true,” he added, speaking at the Times Now summit here.
China is building border infrastructure and these so-called villages "well within their side" of the LAC. “They have not transgressed anywhere on our perception of the LAC. There are different perceptions. We are very clear where the LAC lines…The Chinese have a perception, which in some areas we know and in other areas we don’t. As far as we are concerned, there is no such village development that has taken place on our side of the LAC,” said Gen Rawat.
As earlier reported by TOI, China has built the new large 100-home village on disputed territory in the Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh in violation of bilateral agreements. While the area is claimed by India, it has been under China’s “adverse occupation” since 1959.