EP2 : Manning The Heights

2020 saw the deadliest skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops at Galwan in four decades. This triggered the quickening of the pace of strategic infrastructural development along the borders. India has doubled the pace of laying roads. There has been a nearly 100% increase in budget provided to the Border

The Border Roads Organisation has deployed an all-woman unit at its highest post. Higher than the Everest base camp, the BRTF 755 is situated at Hanle at an altitude of 1500 feet. This BRTF is building roads to the Line of Actual Control in the sensitive and strategically important Eastern Ladakh Sector.

The Border Roads Organisation has been building infrastructure on a war-footing. The 121-km-long strategic CDFD road runs parallel to the Line of Actual Control in sensitive eastern Ladakh sector. This is an exclusive ground report from the road closest to the LAC.