India deploys more troops along China border

India has poured in more troops along the entire stretch of its border with China in Sikkim and A run ac hal Pradesh in the face of heightened rhetoric by Beijing over the Dokalam standoff, said sources.

In a strategically key move, India has poured in more troops along the entire stretch of its border with China in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the face of heightened rhetoric by Beijing over the Doklam standoff, senior government officials said on Friday.

The "caution level" among the troops has also been raised, the officials told PTI.

The decision to increase the deployment along the nearly 1,400-km Sino-Indian border from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh was taken after carrying out a detailed analysis of the situation and considering China's aggressive posturing against India on Doklam, the officials said.

"The troop level along the border with China in the Sikkim and Arunachal sectors has been increased," said the officials on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.

The army's Sukna-based 33 Corps as well as 3 and 4 Corps based in Arunachal and Assam are tasked to protect the sensitive Sino-Indian border in the eastern theatre.

The officials declined to give any figure or percentage of increased deployment, saying they cannot disclose "operational details”.

According to defence experts, roughly 45,000 troops, including personnel having completed the weather acclimatisation process, are normally kept ready along the border at any given time, but not all are necessarily deployed.

The soldiers, deployed over 9,000 feet, have to go through a 14day-long acclimatisation process.

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