Doklam: one motorable road complete, second to be constructed by March 2021
The BRO is planning to construct another motorable road on the Flag Hill-Dokala route by March 2021, the official said.
By PTI | Updated: Oct 03, 2019, 06.38 PM IST
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In this file image from August 2017 tweeted by Bhutanese journalist Tenzing Lamsang, the final stretch of road to Doklam from the Indian side can be seen.
NEW DELHI: A new motorable road built by the Border Roads Organisation has reduced the duration for moving Indian troops to Dokala, on the edge of the Doklam plateau near Sikkim where India and China were locked in a 73-day standoff in 2017, a senior official said on Thursday.
The road, previously a mule track, was completed last year and goes from Bheem base to Dokala.
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New Doklam roads set to alter India, China military dynamics
In 2017, the Indian Army was forced to move to the trijunction through a single road in the absence of an alternative, delaying the deployment of troops in Doklam. The alternative road will enable access to the area through two points, easing the logistic difficulties, reducing time and making the process of deployment smoother.
Updated: Oct 03, 2019 09:06 IST
By Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Hindustan Times New Delhi
Asenior Indian military official said the alternate road will help intervalley troops transfer and reinforcement near the IndiaChina border
A senior Indian military official said the alternate road will help inter-valley troops transfer and reinforcement near the India-China border. (AP Photo (Representational))
India’s Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has built an alternative road through which its troops can enter the Doklam valley — the site of a 73-day military standoff between India and China in 2017 — where the Chumbi valley of China, Bhutan and India converge, a development that has the potential to alter the military dynamics in the region.
In 2017, the Indian Army was forced to move to the trijunction through a single road in the absence of an alternative, delaying the deployment of troops in Doklam. The alternative road will enable access to the area through two points, easing the logistic difficulties, reducing time and making the process of deployment smoother.
“The alternate road will help inter-valley troops transfer and reinforcement,” a senior military officer said on condition of anonymity.
( if that area is captured how roads are getting build there)