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Rajnath: Civil-military collaboration behind reverse migration to borders | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Civil-military cooperation in border areas leads to ‘reverse migration‘, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday, stressing that the government and the armed forces are fully committed to the development of the regions along the borders.
The ongoing efforts to build roads, bridges and tunnels in ‘sensitive’ locations at the front are not only necessary for national security and ensure faster deployment of military personnel, but also connected the people living there with the rest of the country, while ensuring their socio-economic progress and promoting tourism, Singh said.
“Border villages are the first villages of the country, not remote areas. The government is fully committed to their holistic development,” he said, speaking at an inter-ministerial Border Area Development Conclave. It was attended by Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, among others.
“Our aim is to transform the villages along the northern borders (with China), particularly in Uttarakhand, Himachal and Arunachal, which are struggling with limited connectivity and infrastructure, into ‘model villages“Our aim is to connect them to the mainstream of development,” Singh said.
The ongoing efforts to build roads, bridges and tunnels in ‘sensitive’ locations at the front are not only necessary for national security and ensure faster deployment of military personnel, but also connected the people living there with the rest of the country, while ensuring their socio-economic progress and promoting tourism, Singh said.
“Border villages are the first villages of the country, not remote areas. The government is fully committed to their holistic development,” he said, speaking at an inter-ministerial Border Area Development Conclave. It was attended by Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, among others.
“Our aim is to transform the villages along the northern borders (with China), particularly in Uttarakhand, Himachal and Arunachal, which are struggling with limited connectivity and infrastructure, into ‘model villages“Our aim is to connect them to the mainstream of development,” Singh said.
