CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD ALONG MC MOHAN LINE BY CHINA
LOK SABHA
The Chinese have
well developed road network in Tibet. Further, they have been
developing and constructing additional roads/feeder roads, including
roads and tracks in the vicinity of McMahon Line in the Eastern
Frontier, as a part of overall development of Tibet and improvement
of infrastructure in the border areas. The Chinese road construction
activities opposite Arunachal Pradesh has been continuing since
1998 and there has been no unusual activities in the recent times.
Government has drawn
up long term plans for construction / development of our road
network in Arunachal Pradesh in the vicinity of India-China border
to meet our operational requirements and to bring about developments
in these far flung areas.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written
reply to Shri Mohan Rawale in Lok Sabha today.
