China, the country that announced disengagement of its troops with those of India in Eastern Ladakh weeks ago, cannot be believed fully as it has reportedly asked a Pakistan agency to collect information about Chenab Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir.
It’s reported that two countries are busy collecting information about the Indian bridge, which is yet to be opened for public usage and will ensure a strategic advantage to India in disturbed border region.
An India Today report said that a Pakistan’s intelligence agency, under directions from China, is accumulating particulars of the bridge that links Reasi and Ramban districts of the Indian region.
Chenab Bridge is the world’s tallest railway bridge and is expected to enhance connectivity between Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India.
The report says that important information about the bridge is being collected by both Pakistani and Chinese intelligence agencies.
It took over 20 years for the government to finish the bridge in Jammu’s Reasi district.
The bridge, which is a part of a 272-kilometre all-weather railway section, was built in over 20 years, and at present trials are on to run the trains on it successfully.
At present, the road connecting Kashmir to the rest of the country is often cut off during winter months as heavy snowfall leads to blockades on the highway.
It’s also a major infrastructure boost for India as the Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for a long time.
Since independence, India and Pakistan have fought war twice over Kashmir, with each country claiming the territory in full but controlling only parts.
An armed insurgency in the region since 1989 has claimed thousands of lives.
Meanwhile, India and China have completed disengagement in the Depsang and Demchok regions of Eastern Ladakh with patrolling expected to be starting soon.
The armies of the two neighboring countries also exchanged sweets among the troops on the occasion of Diwali. The sources from the Indian Army on Wednesday said that the verification process is on and the modalities of patrolling will be decided by the ground commanders.
