Defence minister Rajnath Singh will visit Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday (3rd Jan 2023) morning to inaugurate a 100-metre bridge, which will open an alternative route to the India-China border.
The Siyom Bridge is one of the 28 projects completed by the Border Roads Organisation at a cost of Rs 724 crore to strengthen border infrastructure.
Singh, who arrived at the
IAF base at
Chabua in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Monday (2nd Jan 2023), will travel to Boleng in
Arunachal’s Siang district on Tuesday (3rd Jan 2023).
The
defence minister will physically inaugurate the steel arch superstructure Siyom Bridge on the Along-Yingkiong Road, which will facilitate faster induction of troops, heavy equipment like howitzers and mechanised vehicles to forward areas of the Upper Siang district, Tuting and Gelling, along the
Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
He has virtually inaugurated other
27 projects in
Ladakh,
Rajasthan,
Uttarakhand,
Punjab and
J&K..
Source : Times of India