Iran Press/ Asia: The new two-lane "frontier highway," which will stretch along the India-China border throughout the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, will be completed in five years, the Times of India reported.
The proposed road will run as close as 12 miles from the Chinese-Indian border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC), allowing Delhi to deploy troops and equipment to combat potential Chinese aggression rapidly.
Senior Indian Army figures told The Telegraph that People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers have regularly entered Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh over the last few months. Delhi is coming under increasing pressure from the Indian public to react.
On December 9, PLA troops, allegedly armed with clubs and stones, crossed the border into the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh and injured at least 20 Indian soldiers in hand-to-hand fighting before they withdrew.
The proposed road will also help prevent nomadic Chinese herders from crossing into Indian territory and building settlements there. PLA troops are allegedly using the herders as cover to cross the border and seize strategically important land.
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