Jan 03,2022: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Siyom bridge in Arunachal Pradesh. The 100-metre long, steel arch bridge is built over the river Siyom. The bridge on the Along-Yingkiong Road is constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) under the project Brahmank. The bridge gives Indian military strategic advantage in deploying troops to the far-flung areas of the Line of Actual control faster. It provides connectivity to nearby villages which helps improving their access to markets and amenities.
Siyom Bridge, a 100-metre-long bridge with a ‘Class 70’ steel arch superstructure constructed along the Along-Yinkiong Road. The bridge also has military significance given it will enable faster movement of the troops as well as heavy machinery including weapons such as howitzers and mechanized vehicles, thus facilitating movement to forward areas of the Upper Siang district, Tuting and Yingkiong regions, along the Line of Actual Control with China.
The minister also kicked off 27 more projects of the BRO, virtually. Along with this, he also released the BRO Vision and New Tech Handbook. Not only this, but he also interacted with the locals of the state.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated the Siyom Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh, along with 27 other infrastructure projects completed by the Border Roads Organization.
The projects built at a cost of Rs. 724 crore will hugely augment India’s border infrastructure, mostly along the Chinese border from Ladakh to Arunachal.
Inaugurating the projects, the minister said that India’s forces at the border are ever vigilant and prepared to tackle any adverse development.
Singh inaugurated 21 other bridges, three roads and three additional infrastructure projects in Arunachal Pradesh, J&K, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Punjab and Rajasthan virtually from the Siyom bridge site.
His visit to the state comes less than a month after Indian forces thwarted an attempt by Chinese soldiers to set up an observataion post, some distance inside Indian territory close to the LAC near Tawang.
It is due to this very border dispute between India and China that the infrastructural boost is taking place in the region. The dispute has been worsening over the past few years, the latest one being the Tawang clash in December where multiple soldiers suffered serious injuries.
