After remaining peaceful for most of the year, Chinese troops entered Indian territory at the end of 2010 along the Line of Actual Control in south-eastern Ladakh region and threatened a contractor and his team to halt work on constructing a “passenger shed”.
The Chinese troops, which included motorcycle- borne personnel of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), entered Gombir area in Demchok region in Jammu and Kashmir and threatened the civilian workers who were building the shed, the plan for which was cleared by the state rural development department, according to details accessed by PTI.
The incident took place in September-October in 2010 in a village about 300 km south-east of Leh district headquarters.
An official report, which was prepared after a meeting of officials from civilian administration, Army, Central security agencies and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, stated that a passenger shed was approved at an estimated cost of `2 lakhs to be built at ‘T’ point in village Gombir under the border area development project of the ministry of home affairs. The PLA came to the ‘T’ point and asked the contractor to stop the work, the report said. An official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the arrival of Chinese troops triggered panic among the workers who rushed to the Army post for help. —PTI