From Bhupen Goswami
India continues to streamline its security amid tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control of Arunachal Pradesh. There is a serious military tension between China and India in the Nacho last administrative region on the McMahon line. The army is continuously strengthening its preparedness to prevent any anti-country disturbances in the hinterland of the country. The three armies of the country are engaged in strengthening themselves amid a serious military dispute with China on the LINE of actual control.
Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Narwane is on a three-day visit to the north-eastern states in view of the activism of militant groups in the north-eastern states. The army chief’s three-day visit to the north-eastern states is also being considered as part of the same strategy. On Wednesday and Thursday, he is visiting Manipur and Nagaland. The Indian Army officer of Tezpur said that the army chief, who landed at the Air Force’s Tezpur airbase on Monday morning, was received by Eastern Command Chief Lt Gen Anil Chauhan and Air Force officials. He then reached the Army’s Gajraj Corps headquarters in Tezpur with the officers, where he was apprised of the security situation in the north-east. Tell us that many militant groups have been active in the north-eastern states of the country for the last 73 years. By negotiating with many of these organisations, the government has managed to include them in the mainstream of the country. Nevertheless, many militant outfits are still active in Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
Security agencies suspect that these organisations get money and weapons from the Chinese side. According to official sources, the army chief discussed the matter with the officers and the security agency of the state Government in Tezpur and the strategy for the coming days has been presented. The Chief spokesperson officer of the Fourth Corps headquarters at Tezpur in the north eastern states of Assam said that China is continuously trying to infiltrate the Line of Actual Control of Arunachal Pradesh on the Indian border. In ace, India has taken this step to protect the border. The North East militant outfit is doing something to spread unrest in India with the help of China, the army chief is visiting the north-east to take stock of it. He reviewed India’s military preparedness on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh sector on a large scale.
Senior military officials briefed the army chief about the deployment of troops and weapons near the LAC. In view of the clash with China on the border, the Indian Army has increased the deployment of troops in all sensitive areas on the lac of about 3,500 km in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. The official said that the Army’s Eastern Command has the responsibility of protecting the entire north-eastern region besides the line of actual control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh as well as the sectors of Sikkim. The command handles the responsibility of security of the border adjoining China, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. In his visit, General Manoj Mukund Narwane also met Nagaland Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister Nifiu Rio to discuss the prevailing security situation in the state.
In addition, Mukund Narwane on Wednesday inaugurated a new residential facility at the orphanage and destitute home at Kohima in Nagaland. The orphanage inaugurated by the Army Chief will be operated by assam rifles. Army chief General Manoj Mukund Narwane, who arrived at Dimapur in Nagaland, was briefed by Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, chief of Eastern Command and Lt Gen RP Kalita, chief of the Spear Corps, about the ongoing operations in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. At the same time, he briefed about the arrangements made for the security of the north-eastern borders of the country and the ongoing operations. Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Narwane reaches Dimple in Nagaland on a 3-day visit to review the security situation in the North East region. In an apparent reference to China and Pak, Indian Army chief Manoj Mukund Narwane said that the threat of collusion in Siachen and Shaksgam Valley is highest, while saying that the army is rebalancing its deployment and resources on the western and northern fronts. Today, Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund Narwane has returned to the north-eastern states to conclude his three-day visit.Guwahathi:
