Preparing itself to
defend against any future aggression on the Chinese border, the Indian Army is
building a large number of new bunkers in Sikkim as part of its efforts to
strengthen the defences and replace old bunkers.
'More than 1,000 new bunkers have been built in
both the East and North Sikkim area in the last two years to protect against
any aggression from across the LAC [Line of Actual Control],' sources in the
Army told Mail Today.
Sources said the new bunkers have been built to
upgrade the defences in the Sikkim area as in recent years, there has been lot
of Chinese activity happening near the trijunction brigade where the borders of
India, China and Bhutan meet.
The new bunkers have been built by the Army using
hollow block structures which are easy to transport and help in fast
construction of buildings as they are assembled in plains and easily
transported to hill areas, they said.
Both, the 17 Mountain Division and the 27 Division
in the state, have been working in this direction and have almost completed the
tasks assigned to them, the sources said.
India has been strengthening its long-neglected
borders with China by reinforcing the posts on the border while creating new
ones in areas which were left unattended for a long time after the 1962 war
with China.
The bunkers built with hollow blocks also help in
maintaining temperatures inside them in the harsh winter seasons.
The new bunkers also help in doing away with the
practice of building 'sangars' made from sand, stone and mud.
The Army is also making a large number of bunkers
along the eastern and northern borders as it is raising a new Mountain Strike
Corps to tackle the threat perception from the Chinese side.
The government had changed its policy of keeping
the infrastructure along the Chinese border in poor condition in the last
decade.
Source :- Daily Mail
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