Who's right?
Was reading an article in Rediff and came across the following:
Pakistan and India have held several rounds of talks on the glacier in the past but have failed to reach any agreement.
When the Line of Control that divides Kashmir was set by the two countries after a 1971 war it only reached a point on the map called NJ 9842 and didn't extend to the northern glacier because it was considered uninhabitable.
India says the border should run northward in a straight line up to the Chinese border, while Pakistan says it should go to the northeast following the angle of the Line of Control.
So this is the cause of dispute over the Siachen Glacier. Apparently India spends a crore a day maintaining the base at the glacier! And all this because the politicians can't get their geomtery right!
Was reading an article in Rediff and came across the following:
Pakistan and India have held several rounds of talks on the glacier in the past but have failed to reach any agreement.
When the Line of Control that divides Kashmir was set by the two countries after a 1971 war it only reached a point on the map called NJ 9842 and didn't extend to the northern glacier because it was considered uninhabitable.
India says the border should run northward in a straight line up to the Chinese border, while Pakistan says it should go to the northeast following the angle of the Line of Control.
So this is the cause of dispute over the Siachen Glacier. Apparently India spends a crore a day maintaining the base at the glacier! And all this because the politicians can't get their geomtery right!
posted by Anurag Ruhela at 5:09 PM
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