PM Modi to launch 1,840km frontier highway project in Arunachal

GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition question to the Northeast for the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore weeks connected September 22 to motorboat the 1,840-km Arunachal Frontier Highway, a Rs 42,000-crore task for a two-lane way moving parallel to the historical McMahon Line separating India and China.The road volition tally from Tawang district's Nafra successful the westbound to Vijaynagar successful Changlang district, connecting India's easternmost inhabited portion that protrudes into Myanmar from 3 sides to signifier a strategical wedge astatine the borderline of the LAC. NH-913, the highway's authoritative nomenclature, volition beryllium a strategical lifeline successful much ways than one, officials said. The road is expected to easiness unit question and fortify borderline preparedness crossed a portion antecedently isolated by mountainous terrain.For decades, the eastbound Himalayas remained disconnected from the mainland, leaving frontier villages susceptible and the equipped forces constrained by terrain. The projected road aims to carve a high-altitude artery done immoderate of the astir security-sensitive and distant regions of Arunachal.