Developments in Arunchal have come to a halt after the pandemic. A senior BJP leader from Arunachal Pradesh has addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to draw his attention to a proposed national highway project cleared “in principle” in 2017 but allegedly awaiting formal clearance from the Prime Minister’s Office even after the final utility report was cleared in 2018. The proposed highway from Meb-Geko to Itanagar via Gerukamukh/Gogamukh in Assam, would not only cut the distance between three remote districts but also will also boost the local economy and the speedy movement of troops, heavy artillery and logistic support systems in the event of any national emergency.
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This letter was written by Larbin Nasi, former MLA and executive member of the state BJP. The current streets from Daporijo, one of the remotest district headquarters, of Upper Subansiri, strategically located near the India-China border, to Itanagar via Ziro has a distance of 335km and the alternative route via Basar/Likabali is 375km. Both the roads have been in a deplorable condition ever since they were taken over by the ministry of road transport and highways from the Border Roads Organisation since 2009, Nasi said in his letter to Modi.
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The former MLA has also highlighted the significance of the proposed highway by emphasizing that Ashsapila, Maja and Sera-7 border posts under the control of the Indian Army are reportedly under serious menace now. The Chinese have reportedly built up extensive infrastructure and road connectivity near these posts namely Sera-1 to Sera-9. China considers Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet. In the 1962 Indo-China war, the state was affected, including Upper Subansiri, which is “as the crow flies it is about 90km from the border”.
