New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Northeast on 22 September to launch construction of the Arunachal Frontier Highway, a 1,840-km road project designed to bolster connectivity and security along India’s border with China.
Estimated at Rs 42,000 crore, the two-lane highway, designated National Highway 913, will trace the historic McMahon Line, linking some of the country’s most remote border settlements.
Planned as a strategic corridor, the Arunachal highway will stretch from Nafra in Tawang district to Vijaynagar in Changlang district, reaching India’s easternmost inhabited region that juts into Myanmar on three sides.
Officials say the project will create a vital logistical route for defence forces, easing troop movement and reinforcing border preparedness in an area long challenged by rugged Himalayan terrain.
For decades, large parts of the eastern Himalayas have remained disconnected from the rest of the country, leaving frontier villages isolated and restricting military mobility.
The new highway aims to bridge this gap by carving a high-altitude artery through some of Arunachal Pradesh’s most sensitive and inaccessible zones, marking one of India’s most significant infrastructure pushes in the border region to date.
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