Slew of steps to bolster border with China
4 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday authorized a clutch of proposals to strengthen the frontier with China, together with elevating seven new battalions of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), constructing a 4.1-km all-weather tunnel for connectivity to Ladakh’s border areas and a challenge to stem migration from border villages within the north.
The Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared a proposal to rent 9,400 contemporary personnel for seven new battalions aside from a brand new operational base for the ITBP, which is deployed throughout the Line of Actual Control with China. India is locked in a stand-off alongside the LAC in japanese Ladakh since mid-2020.
The further battalions shall be raised to man 47 new Border Out Posts and 12 staging camps alongside the LAC, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned. The new personnel shall be stationed primarily in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Cabinet additionally authorized the development of a 4.1-km Shinkun La tunnel on the Nimu-Padam-Darcha street hyperlink to offer all-weather connectivity to the border areas of Ladakh. It is slated to be accomplished by December 2025 at a value of Rs 1,681 crore. This (challenge) can be essential so far as the safety and security of the nation is anxious…. It may even assist in the motion of our safety forces in that area,” Thakur mentioned.
The Cabinet additionally authorized a scheme to reverse outmigration from border villages within the north, known as the Vibrant Villages Programme, with allocation of `4,800 crore until 2025-26. A Centrally sponsored challenge, it entails complete improvement of specified villages on the northern border to enhance the standard of life of individuals there in order to encourage them to remain of their native areas. It is anticipated to enhance safety of the border.
The scheme goals to develop important infrastructure and create livelihood alternatives in 19 districts and 46 border blocks in 4 states and one Union Territory alongside the northern land border. In the primary section, 663 villages shall be taken up for improvement, Thakur mentioned. Of the `4,800 crore earmarked for the scheme, Rs 2,500 crore shall be spent on constructing roads.
The scheme goals to establish and develop the financial drivers primarily based on native pure human and different sources of the border villages and improvement of development centres on hub-and-spoke mannequin by way of promotion of entrepreneurship.
Development push for border villages
The Vibrant Village Programme goals to construct all-weather roads, present ingesting water, guarantee 24×7 electricty and cellular and web connectivity
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday authorized a clutch of proposals to strengthen the frontier with China, together with elevating seven new battalions of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), constructing a 4.1-km all-weather tunnel for connectivity to Ladakh’s border areas and a challenge to stem migration from border villages within the north.
The Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared a proposal to rent 9,400 contemporary personnel for seven new battalions aside from a brand new operational base for the ITBP, which is deployed throughout the Line of Actual Control with China. India is locked in a stand-off alongside the LAC in japanese Ladakh since mid-2020.
The further battalions shall be raised to man 47 new Border Out Posts and 12 staging camps alongside the LAC, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned. The new personnel shall be stationed primarily in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Cabinet additionally authorized the development of a 4.1-km Shinkun La tunnel on the Nimu-Padam-Darcha street hyperlink to offer all-weather connectivity to the border areas of Ladakh. It is slated to be accomplished by December 2025 at a value of Rs 1,681 crore. This (challenge) can be essential so far as the safety and security of the nation is anxious…. It may even assist in the motion of our safety forces in that area,” Thakur mentioned.
The Cabinet additionally authorized a scheme to reverse outmigration from border villages within the north, known as the Vibrant Villages Programme, with allocation of `4,800 crore until 2025-26. A Centrally sponsored challenge, it entails complete improvement of specified villages on the northern border to enhance the standard of life of individuals there in order to encourage them to remain of their native areas. It is anticipated to enhance safety of the border.
The scheme goals to develop important infrastructure and create livelihood alternatives in 19 districts and 46 border blocks in 4 states and one Union Territory alongside the northern land border. In the primary section, 663 villages shall be taken up for improvement, Thakur mentioned. Of the `4,800 crore earmarked for the scheme, Rs 2,500 crore shall be spent on constructing roads.
The scheme goals to establish and develop the financial drivers primarily based on native pure human and different sources of the border villages and improvement of development centres on hub-and-spoke mannequin by way of promotion of entrepreneurship.
Development push for border villages
The Vibrant Village Programme goals to construct all-weather roads, present ingesting water, guarantee 24×7 electricty and cellular and web connectivity
