30. Nov 2009
Border road project deferred
(TibetInfoNet; Times Now) Chinese authorities have objected to the construction of a road linking two villages in Demchog region, Ladakh, India, close to the line of actual control which, since the India-China border war of 1962, separates the TAR from the Jammu & Kashmir state to which Ladakh belongs, arguing that any change of the status quo in the "disputed border area" was not acceptable. China objected to similar projects in Ladakh as well as Arunachal Pradesh, another area China officially considers to be disputed, in the past. In the present case, India's central government appears to have adopted a 'wait and see' attitude. The road project was stopped, albeit with the official explanation that snowfalls have temporarily deferred continuation of the project.