India's longest river bridge ; India can now swiftly move Troops and Battle Tanks to China Border

[Stephen Cohen]

http://www.defencenews.in/article/I...roops-and-Battle-Tanks-to-China-Border-262045

India can now swiftly move Troops and Battle Tanks to China Border

 

[Stephen Cohen]

India's longest river bridge, capable of withstanding the weight of a 60-tonne battle tank, will be inaugurated in Assam close to the border with China on May 26 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

With the inauguration of the 9.15-km-long Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Brahmaputra river, the prime minister will kick start the celebrations of the NDA government's three years in office from this eastern-most part of Assam.

The bridge is seen as an attempt by India to shore up its defence requirements along the Sino-Indian border particularly in the Northeast besides providing easy access to the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam with air and rail connectivity.

It is 3.55 km longer than the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai, making it the longest bridge in India.

"The prime minister will dedicate the strategically important bridge to the nation on May 26.

It will bolster the road connectivity in the Northeast as the bridge will be used by people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh besides defence forces extensively," Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal told PTI.

The construction of the bridge began in 2011 at a project cost of Rs 950 crore.
The design is such that the bridge can withstand the movement of military tanks.

"Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have huge strategic value to the country.
Since the bridge is located close to our border with China,
it will help quick movement of military troops and artillery in times of conflict," Sonowal said.

The bridge is located 540-km away from Assam capital Dispur and 300 km away from Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar. The aerial distance to the Chinese border is less than 100 km.

After Kaliabhomora bridge near Tezpur, there is no bridge over the Brahmaputra for the next 375 km upstream till Dhola, where the new bridge is constructed. Currently, all the transport between the two banks of the river are being carried out through water only.

The bridge, when opened for the public, will cut down the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by as much as four hours.

As there is no civilian airport in Arunachal Pradesh, this bridge will help people of the state to reach the nearest rail head in Tinsukia and the airport in Dibrugarh easily.

Sonowal said the delayed works of the bridge was expedited after Modi assumed the charge in 2014. The bridge was originally scheduled to open in 2015.

The BJP government in Assam will complete one year in office on May 24.

The bridge is one of the key projects of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the Northeast and is built in public-private partnership with a construction company.

 

[Dhara]

Don't be fool to rely on bridges for war time movements since such high value targets could be destroyed easily by air or land.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Don't be fool to rely on bridges for war time movements since such high value targets could be destroyed easily by air or land.

We can protect the Bridge by placing SAM batteries on the River banks

Do you mean to say that we should do nothing to improve Logistics
on the China Border

 

[[Bregs]]

Infrastructures like this bridge are crucial for the overall development of North east and there connection with rest of the country apart for being very useful for movement of army in war times

 

[Dhara]

We can protect the Bridge by placing SAM batteries on the River banks

Do you mean to say that we should do nothing to improve Logistics
on the China Border

How many SAM batteries?

These type of long, near to border strategic installments always face risk, Instead India should go for road and tunnels for more safer and easy to repair in case of enemy attack and damage.

 

[CAD]

We can protect the Bridge by placing SAM batteries on the River banks

Do you mean to say that we should do nothing to improve Logistics
on the China Border

His mean was to say that SAM batteries can also be located and targeted through both land base and air base attacks, bridges doesn’t provide you good transportation to move your battle troops alongside with your machinery as now a days they are easily been destroyed, and all the troops and their machinery would be leaped down to destruction, and don’t forget you are talking about our brother China which can crush your troops, tanks and anything in a single blow, so it’s a foolish idea I would rather say it’s a suicidal way to send your troops through bridge for semi or auto kill.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

These type of long, near to border strategic installments always face risk, Instead India should go for road and tunnels for more safer and easy to repair in case of enemy attack and damage.

So if there is a RIVER ; how should we cross it ; by making a TUNNEL

Have you ever seen the map of ASSAM ; how the Brahmaputra
passes through the Centre of Assam and that too HORIZONTALLY

Why dont you trust the professional competence of IAF and Indian Army

You think that such projects are made by the Govt alone
without any Inputs from the Defence forces

His mean was to say that SAM batteries can also be located and targeted through both land base and air base attacks, bridges doesn’t provide you good transportation to move your battle troops alongside with your machinery as now a days they are easily been destroyed, and all the troops and their machinery would be leaped down to destruction, and don’t forget you are talking about our brother China which can crush your troops, tanks and anything in a single blow, so it’s a foolish idea I would rather say it’s a suicidal way to send your troops through bridge for semi or auto kill

I would like to Ignore you

 

[Dhara]

Have you ever seen the map of ASSAM ; how the Brahmaputra
passes through the Centre of Assam and that too HORIZONTALLY

There are many possible ways one is small bridges and roads, there is no need to build long bridge.

Use amphibious vehicles which can cross small rivers for logistics purpose.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

https://www.google.co.in/maps/place...88d9012a5801c8a!8m2!3d27.7994222!4d95.6762195

This Bridge will help in moving troops to the Far Eastern part of the China Border
in the state of Arunachal pradesh

 

[xuxu1457]

I think this is not the longest bridge, India's longest bridge is 29km long, may be the longest river bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_bridges

 

[Maler]

Well done!!!

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

This will get the first hit in a war .

 

[maximuswarrior]

LOL

"The prime minister will dedicate the strategically important bridge to the nation on May 26.

 

[CAD]

LOL

"The prime minister will dedicate the strategically important bridge to the nation on May 26.

56 inch chest thumping on May 26