China says India has started evacuating villagers near Doklam

The People’s Daily tweeted: “Indian troops on Thu orders evacuation of Nathang village.

The People's Daily China has said that the Indian Army has ordered the evacuation of a Sikkim village near Doklam. The Indian Army has however refused to comment on the report published by China's biggest newspaper which is also the mouth piece of the Communist Party.

The People's Daily tweeted: "Indian troops on Thu orders evacuation of Nathang village, near site of two-month standoff between #Chinese and #Indian armies."

The tweet carried a picture showing the two points where the Indian military allegedly crossed the "mutually recognized boundary".

China has taken an aggressive stand since the standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers began on June 16. It accuses New Delhi of trespass and preventing its soldiers from building a road in the disputed region of Doklam, located at a strategic tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan.

On Thursday, Bhutan too denied that it had accepted Doklam belongs to China. Sources say that the troop movement at the disputed site is a routine training exercise of troops from the Siliguri-based 33 Corps because of the border dispute. Sources said the schedule of Operation Alert, a two-week training exercise for troops to familiarise with the area, was advanced from late September to early August.

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