Glimpses from the LAC where China is building infrastructure
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Mar 31, 2018, 23:27 IST | Updated: Mar 31, 2018, 23:27 IST
The Line of Actual Control (LAC), a porous border separating India and China, continues to remain a cause of anxiety for New Delhi. And the reason for that is differing perceptions of the LAC in both the nations. While India, as always, wants to maintain the status quo along the border, China stakes claim to some of the territories in Arunachal Pradesh on the Indian side.
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Bridges to the rescue
The Indian Army is well-deployed and well-stocked to meet any kind of situation. It has set up optical fibre network for its own communication in the border areas. Strong and long bridges have come on the Brahmaputra. Bhupen Hazarika bridge is one such example.
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Line of Actual Control
He stressed the need for better technologies for guarding the most sensitive operational area falling under Northern Command as it is 'always in combat'. (representative image)
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Walong helipad
Walong a small town in Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh has an operational helipad.
Walong used to have an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) which was capable of taking Otters and Caribous during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Thereafter, it remained abandoned for a long time till 2013 when reconstruction of ALG began. The reconstructed ALG was inaugurated on 23 October 2015.
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Lohit River
Rising from eastern Tibet region, Lohit River divides east and west banks but is connected by one bridge.
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Helmet Top
Known as Helmet Top is situated in Walong block of Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh.
An intense Sino-India war of 1962 was fought on this mountain.
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