India to Deploy Soldiers Along Border with China in Uttarakhand | 09 Mar 2024

Why in News?

The Indian government has freed a strong contingent of 10,000 soldiers to strengthen its disputed border with China.

Key Points

• It is supposed to be deployed to guard the strategically important 532 km (330.57 miles) stretch of the Indo-China border in the northern states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
• The unprecedented deployment of troops highlights both the region’s strategic importance and its growing sensitivity in the eyes of India’s leaders.
• The area has seen huge infrastructure investment and development in the last decade.
  • In 2021, India repositioned an additional 50,000 soldiers to patrol its border along with China, after a deadly border clash in 2020 that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead at the Galwan area of Eastern Ladakh.