TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 44 bridges made by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) across seven States/Union Territories through video-conferencing on Monday. The bridges were built in border areas of Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
The defence minister, in his brief address, referred to the situation along India’s borders with Pakistan and China. “You are well aware of the situation created along our northern and eastern borders. First Pakistan, and now also by China, as if a border dispute is being created under a mission. We have a border of about 7,000 km with these countries, where the tension remains,” he said.
The defence minister said, under the “visionary” leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is not only facing these crises strongly, but is also bringing major and historical changes in all the areas. Most of the 44 bridges, including seven in Ladakh, are in strategically important areas and they will help the armed forces in ensuring the quick movement of troops and weapons, officials said.
