Rajnath Singh To Open Key Infra Projects, Focus On Connectivity, Security
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the Siyom Bridge In Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang district these days along side 27 different infrastructure tasks built with the aid of using the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). The 28 tasks were finished at a price of ₹ 724.three crore to facilitate the short motion of Indian militia alongside touchy border regions.
The Defence Minister will inaugurate the 100-metre-lengthy metallic arch Siyom Bridge over River Sayom. The bridge is strategically crucial because it offers the navy benefit in deploying troops to the far-flung regions of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
“Leaving New Delhi for Dibrugarh on a two-day go to to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Shall attend the inaugural rite of numerous infrastructure tasks built with the aid of using Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in seven border States. Looking ahead to it,” Rajnath Singh tweeted on Monday.
Mr Singh will inaugurate the alternative 27 tasks genuinely from the Siyom Bridge webweb page in Arunachal Pradesh at eleven AM. Some of the alternative tasks consist of Basti Bridge on Bani-Basohli-Bhadarwah street in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a 55-metre-lengthy bridge built over Haloon Nallah to set up connectivity among Doda and Kathua district.
The Bhaironghati-Nelong street, a 24-kilometre-lengthy street near the Indo-Tibet border in Uttarakhand become built with the aid of using the BRO and will “function a lifeline for troops” deployed withinside the region.
Thangu Bridge, an 80-foot-lengthy everlasting bridge become built at the strategic Kalep-Gaigong Road in north Sikkim to guarantee all-climate connectivity to commuters. It can even assist the militia installation troops and device in ahead regions. Mr Singh’s go to to Arunachal Pradesh comes a month after Indian and Chinese troops clashed alongside the LAC withinside the Tawang zone.
In a declaration in Parliament, the Defence Minister stated that the Indian Army bravely stopped China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from encroaching on Indian territory, and compelled them to retreat.
“On December 9, 2022, PLA troops attempted to transgress the LAC withinside the Yangtse place of Tawang zone and unilaterally extrade the fame quo. The Chinese strive become contested with the aid of using our troops in a organization and resolute manner. The resulting face-off brought about a bodily scuffle wherein the Indian Army bravely avoided the PLA from transgressing into our territory and pressured them to go back to their posts,” Mr Singh stated withinside the Lok Sabha. Mr Singh delivered that no Indian troops had been killed or severely injured withinside the incident.
