No need to worry about Chinese incursions, assures Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that there is continuous patrolling by the army along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), and added that there is no need to worry about any kind of intrusion from the Chinese side.

"We have our army deployed there but we need to understand that it is a region where we cannot have the army posted everywhere, that's why we have continuous patrolling. And as far as the activities on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) are concerned, we keep monitoring the developments and the patrolling keeps happening. We would probe the matter immediately if there are signs of any intrusion from the other side. There is no need to worry at all," he told media here today.

According to reports, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China has gradually occupied nearly 640 square kilometres of area on the LAC in Ladakh in the past few months,

Commenting on the report submitted by the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) chairperson Shyam Saran, Khurshid said that he would not take a stand on the issue till he went through the report.

"I have not read the report as yet. But we will act on the basis of inputs we receive," he added.

Meanwhile, Defence Analyst Captain (Retd.) Bharat Verma criticized the Government over repeated incursions by China, and questioned the Indian forces for not retaliating.

"The National Security Advisory Board has revealed that we are loosing acres of land on border. We are losing our territory. Is Defence Minister and Defence Ministry not responsible for it? Why do Indian forces allow this? PM should be held responsible;

It is not only at China border, it happening on Bangladesh and Pakistan border too," he said.

A National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) ground situation report has stressed that the

Chinese side had stopped Indian troops from patrolling the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the latter has lost access to the line at some areas in eastern Ladakh.

The report was submitted last month after Shyam Saran was asked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to oversee the border infrastructure development and situation at the LAC by visiting the Ladakh and Siachen sectors.