Rajnath Singh to visit Sino-Indian border areas

New Delhi, Sep 24 Home Minister Rajnath Singh will this week visit a Sino-Indian border area in Uttarakhand which has seen witnessed by China's People's Liberation Army in the current past, authorities said.

During the tour to Barahoti, the home minister will interact with the personnel of the Indo Tibetan Border Police which monitors the border outpost at a height of 14,311 feet.

This is the first visit by a senior minister in the Narendra Modi government to China border after the resolution of the remain off in Dokalam.

Singh will also visit ITBP border outposts at Rimkhim (height 12,500 feet), Mana (10,500 feet) and Auli (10,200 feet) amid the four-day trip starting September 28, a home ministry official said.

There were reports that on July 25, Chinese officers had entered 800 meters into the Indian region in Barahoti, situated in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, and stayed for at some point before coming back to the Chinese region.

The home pastor will likewise address the probationers of the IAS, IPS and different administrations at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, other than connecting with central government's extra secretary rank authorities there on the main day of the visit.

The home clergyman is relied upon to survey the circumstance on the outskirt, address a 'Sainik Sammelan' and evaluate the advance in different foundation extends, another home ministry official said.

The 3,488 km-long India-China border stretches through Jammu and Kashmir (1,597 km), Himachal Pradesh (200 km), Uttarakhand (345 km), Sikkim (220 km) and Arunachal Pradesh (1,126 km).

The Chinese and Indian troops were in a go head to head circumstance for over two months in Dokalam in Sikkim part after Indians ceased the development of a road by China's army.

The Sino-Indian border is not completely outlined and the way toward clearing up and affirming the Line of Actual Control is in progress.

The area is characterised by high-altitude terrain and thick habitation which have resulted in inadequate development of infrastructure in these regions.

To review the circumstance emerging out of absence of framework along fringe with China, the goverment has chosen to undertake construction of 73 roads of operational significance.

Of these, 27 roads including 804.93 km are being developed by the home ministry in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh at an expected cost of Rs 1,937 crore.