Amid India-China stand-off, PM vows to improve border infrastructure
Amid the standoff with China at Ladakh border, PM Modi, inaugurating the Atal Tunnel on Saturday, spoke about neglect of need to improve border infra.
Amid India-China stand-off, PM vows to improve border infrastructure ROHTANG/ NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government would continue its focus on speeding up projects of strategic importance and improve the infrastructure in the border region. Modi, who was inaugurating the Atal Tunnel which opens a shorter all-weather route underneath the Rohtang pass linking Manali to Leh, spoke about the neglect of the need to improve border infrastructure in the previous decades to assert that “the situation has now changed and in the last six years, the border infrastructure — be it roads, bridges or tunnels — is being developed with full impetus and great speed”. The PM’s remarks came amid a stand-off with China which many have attributed to Beijing’s anger over the recent upgradation of the border infrastructure to facilitate faster movement of troops and stores. Modi said the Atal Tunnel will facilitate traffic between Manali and Leh even during the winter when snowfall would result in the closure of the route besides slashing the d…
