India is strengthening its border preparedness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as concerns grow over China’s expanding infrastructure and security presence near Arunachal Pradesh. At the centre of it is China’s development push in Nyingchi, Tibet, including the massive Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project. Experts warn that infrastructure built for economic development can also have strategic and security implications. How could these projects affect the military balance along the eastern sector of the LAC, and what must India do to respond?

Chief of Bureau, Delhi, Namrata Biji Ahuja explains.