As China keeping developing its infrastructure in Eastern Ladakh it has also completed building a strategic highway close to the Arunachal Pradesh border, reports Economic Times.
The strategic highway has been constructed by China through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon which is the world’s deepest gorge with a maximum depth of 6009 metres at a cost of $310 million without any concern for environmental impact.
The 67.22-kilometer-long highway connects Pad Township in the Chinese city of Nyingchi with the Baibung Township in Medog County. This highway will cut the travel time between the two towns by eight hours.
The highway also includes a 2.15-kilometre-long tunnel and the construction of the highway had begun back in 2014 when India had barely had any infrastructure due to the policy of the Congress government which believed not to antagonize China.
The altitude difference between the highest and the lowest spots of the highway is as high as 2,892 metres and Medog is the last county in Tibet located close to Arunachal Pradesh as China tries to open a new conflict front against India.
China still claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of its own territory which India has strongly rejected.
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