Dibrugarh: An Arunachal-based welfare organisation has raised serious concerns over what it describes as systematic and accelerating encroachment by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deep inside Indian territory in the Taksing circle of Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district.
The NAH Welfare Society (NWS), a registered community organisation based in Taksing, has written a formal letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Upper Subansiri district in Daporijo, reporting the establishment of Chinese military camps, construction of roads, and building of bridges on land it claims belongs to India.
In the letter dated June 26, 2026, and signed by NAH Welfare Society President Keru Chader, the organisation identified five specific locations, Oying (2445) in the Asaphila area, Paniar in the Chujarta area, Marpan (Marnafe), Potrang Lake, and Tindingtang, as areas now under Chinese PLA occupation.
The society stated that these locations were within Indian territory before 2020 and that some of them are sacred pilgrimage sites in the Tsari region.
“We are losing our land inch by inch, day by day, to them. The intention and speed of the present activities of the Chinese PLA in the Taksing area are very alarming and a matter of grave concern for us,” Keru Chader wrote in the letter.
The society claimed that ancestral hunting grounds and cattle-grazing lands, which had been freely used by local communities for generations, have now been taken over by the PLA.
It further alleged that military infrastructure, including well-connected roads and camps, has been built across these areas over the past five years.
“The Chinese government is expanding its territory very rapidly by occupying new and important areas of our land situated in the border region,” the letter stated, urging the administration to escalate the matter to both the state and Union governments for immediate intervention.
While expressing unwavering trust in the Indian Army, the society stressed that current efforts were falling short. “They have been guarding our land for many years, but their efforts are not enough,” Chader wrote.
The society has enclosed photographs with the letter as supporting evidence and appealed for urgent administrative and governmental action to protect the territorial integrity of the region.