India plans controversial rail links near China border

A report by India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence said the three rail lines will link the northeastern state of Assam with neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh state, which China claims in its entirety.China is creating a (border) rail network and so should we, committee chairman Satpal Maharaj said.One of the proposed lines will terminate in Tawang, a heavily-militarised area of Arunachal that borders Bhtuan and Tibet.The disputed borders between India and China have been the subject of 14 rounds of fruitless talks since 1962, when the two nations fought a war over the issue.The committee report said India would construct operationally-critical infrastructure - including permanent military posts - along the 4,057-kilometre (2,515-mile) border.