Armed forces prepared for any challenge: Union minister

KOLKATA: Situation is under control on the India-China border and the Indian armed forces are fully prepared to face any challenge there, according to Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh.


"Everything is under control. There is nothing too great to be worried about. The armed forces are fully prepared for any challenge that may arise there," Singh said when asked about the situation prevailing on the Arunachal Pradesh border with China.

Singh was talking to reporters after the inauguration of an integrated shipbuilding facility at Garden Reach in the city.

A battalion of Chinese troops estimated at about 50 and accompanied by vehicles and dogs had intruded 19 km inside the Indian territory across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Daulat Beg Oldi sector on April 15 and set up five tents.