Work begins on India s strategic highway on China frontier in Arunachal Pradesh; will give forces hawk-eye view of LAC firstpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The government has invited first tenders worth Rs 2,200 crore for construction of the strategic project in Arunachal Pradesh, with an aim to complete the Frontier Highway by 2027
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China has completed construction of a strategic highway linking Pad Township in Nyingchi city with Baibung in Medog County. The 67.22-kilometer-long highway was constructed at a cost of $310 million and took almost seven years to complete, according to Xinhuanet. It cuts the distance between Nyingchi and Baibung from the current 346 kilometers to 180 kilometers, and reduces travel time by eight hours.
The new highway is of concern to India as it will improve China’s overland connectivity infrastructure near the disputed India-China border. It will enable China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to mobilize troops and military equipment faster overland to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto but undefined border between the two countries.