Angesichts der Spannungen mit China baut Indien die Infrastruktur an seiner Grenze aus

SS: India has accelerated its plan to boost infrastructure and connectivity in the volatile Ladakh region, a move seen as countering China’s rapid development along the disputed border.

In the third phase of the ICBR, out of 37 roads five new ones have been identified to be constructed in eastern Ladakh while nearly 70 per cent of the roads will be built in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Under the first phase, 73 roads of nearly 4000km in length were identified as strategic in the states of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

In phase two, the construction of 104 roads of more than 6,700km long was approved in the 2020-21 financial budget. In Arunachal Pradesh under the same phase, apart from building 57 roads, the Indian government is also building 32 helipads, 47 border outposts and 12 staging camps for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

The latest action centres on the third phase of the strategic India-China Border Project (ICBR) in eastern Ladakh, with observers saying the aim is to boost road networks and enable quicker movement of Indian troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to counter China.

According to media reports, the Border Roads Organisation, with the Central Public Works Department and the National Projects Construction Corporation, has begun the third phase of the ICBR project.