New Delhi: With China ramping up its infrastructure in Tibet towards the border at breakneck speed, and with the recent Doklam stand-off on mind, the Army has decided to boost infrastructure along the nearly 4,000-km long India-China border, including around areas of dispute.
Lt. Gen. Vijay Singh, director general staff duties briefing reporters, said the Army has decided to allot Rs 72 crore a year to the Border Roads Organisation to build four key roads that link up to lofty Himalayan passes which open up to Tibet.
These roads, connecting to Niti, Lipulekh, Thangla-1 and Tsangchokla passes in Uttarakhand, near the Line of Actual Control, the de-facto border between India and China will be completed by 2020, taking the estimated expenditure to Rs 200 crore in three years.
