<p>India's army chief has said China is sending troops to their disputed border in "considerable numbers", prompting a matching deployment by New Delhi in a development he called a "concern".</p>.<p>Tensions have been high between the nuclear-armed neighbours following a deadly border battle in June last year in the strategically important Galwan river valley in India's Ladakh region, near Tibet.</p>.<p>The world's two most populous nations poured tens of thousands of extra troops into the high-altitude region in the Himalayas after the clash.</p>.<p>General Manoj Mukund Naravane told reporters in Ladakh on Saturday that the Chinese troop presence along the 3,500-kilometre (2,200-mile) border had increased in "considerable numbers" and it was a "matter of concern".</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-china-militaries-may-hold-talks-next-week-says-naravane-1036696.html" target="_blank">India, China militaries may hold talks next week, says Naravane</a></strong></p>.<p>Naravane said the Indian military was building up its forces along the border in response.</p>.<p>"We have also inducted advanced weaponry. We are strong, quite well-poised to meet any eventuality," the Times of India newspaper quoted him as saying.</p>.<p>India and China have been holding high-level military talks since the June clash and Naravane said another meeting was expected next week.</p>.<p>His comments came days after Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying accused Indian soldiers of illegally crossing the border into Chinese territory, a charge that New Delhi said had "no basis in facts".</p>.<p>Local media reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that nearly 100 Chinese troops had crossed the border into Uttarakhand state for several hours in late August.</p>.<p>India and China, which fought a full-scale border war in 1962, have long accused each other of trying to take territory along their unofficial border known as the Line of Actual Control.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>India's army chief has said China is sending troops to their disputed border in "considerable numbers", prompting a matching deployment by New Delhi in a development he called a "concern".</p>.<p>Tensions have been high between the nuclear-armed neighbours following a deadly border battle in June last year in the strategically important Galwan river valley in India's Ladakh region, near Tibet.</p>.<p>The world's two most populous nations poured tens of thousands of extra troops into the high-altitude region in the Himalayas after the clash.</p>.<p>General Manoj Mukund Naravane told reporters in Ladakh on Saturday that the Chinese troop presence along the 3,500-kilometre (2,200-mile) border had increased in "considerable numbers" and it was a "matter of concern".</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-china-militaries-may-hold-talks-next-week-says-naravane-1036696.html" target="_blank">India, China militaries may hold talks next week, says Naravane</a></strong></p>.<p>Naravane said the Indian military was building up its forces along the border in response.</p>.<p>"We have also inducted advanced weaponry. We are strong, quite well-poised to meet any eventuality," the Times of India newspaper quoted him as saying.</p>.<p>India and China have been holding high-level military talks since the June clash and Naravane said another meeting was expected next week.</p>.<p>His comments came days after Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying accused Indian soldiers of illegally crossing the border into Chinese territory, a charge that New Delhi said had "no basis in facts".</p>.<p>Local media reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that nearly 100 Chinese troops had crossed the border into Uttarakhand state for several hours in late August.</p>.<p>India and China, which fought a full-scale border war in 1962, have long accused each other of trying to take territory along their unofficial border known as the Line of Actual Control.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>