A little over a week after her visit was cancelled, the Union Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, arrived Dimapur Tuesday. She is on her maiden visit to the Army’s Spear Corps in Nagaland.
According to PRO (defence), GOC 3 Corps, Lt. Gen. Gopal R briefed the minister on the progress of operations of the Corps, which include counter terrorist and border management operations along the Indo-Myanmar border.
The minister is scheduled to visit the forward areas of Nagaland along the Indo-Myanmar border on Wednesday. Sitharaman will also interact with officers and troops of the Assam Rifles operating along the border so as to make a firsthand assessment of the security situation there, PRO said. The minister will also interact with the local populace at those locations, RPO added. After the visit to the forward areas, the minister will leave for Delhi on Wednesday evening.
Centre planning to lay optical fibre cables in border areas: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Centre is planning to lay optical fibre cables in all border areas to mitigate the connectivity problems faced by defence personnel and the civilian population.
“We will soon start work on the extension of optical fibre cables in border areas. The Union cabinet had discussed the issue and sanctioned the additional fund only 10 days ago,” the minister said during her visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.