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Indo-China border now under Arunachal Scouts
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Indo-China border now under Arunachal Scouts
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Itanagar: The Indian Armys 1st Arunachal Scouts
battalion, two years after its formation, has taken charge of providing security to the unmanned,
inhospitable and porous international border in
the land-locked Himalayan state.
The battalion will help to maintain peace and
tranquility in the border areas, and will not only
be eyes and ears, but also act as a force multiplier.
Arunachal Scouts is an infantry regiment with
specialization in mountain warfare and was raised to defend India's border with Tibet in Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal has the longest international boundary among the states in the country with 1,680 km
160 km with Bhutan, 1,080 with China and 440 km with Myanmar.
Led by commanding officer in the rank of a colonel, the battalion reached its headquarters at
Riyang on Sunday, 30 km from Pasighat, to do the most onerous duty assisting Arunchalees,
who have been serving as sentinels of the eastern frontier of the nation since the army suffered a
humiliating defeat at the hands of the Chinese in 1962.
The new battalion is born out of the Assam
Regiment and will continue to be a part of the
living symbol of martial strength and traditions of
the Northeast.
Local recruits of the new force having inborn
qualities will go a long way in ensuring the
national integrity and will take the mantle of the other jawans to maintain vigilance in places that have varying altitudes from 1,500 feet to 2,400 feet of altitude from the sea level.
The proposal to raise the Arunachal Scouts along the lines of the illustrious Ladakh Scouts for defending the border with China was proposed by Governor J.J. Singh, a former army chief in
2008, who had pushed the proposal through Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Union
Cabinet approved the proposal in 2009 and the 1st battalion was raised in 2010.
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, who has been putting his weight behind the sanction of 2nd Arunachal Scouts Battalion, was the happiest man, when
Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced its
sanction in his address during the statehood Day celebration at Indira Gandhi Park here on
February 20.
In fact, Antony had assured Arunachal Pradesh about raising three additional Arunachal Scouts
Battalions with full preference to local youths.
He had given this assurance when a delegation
comprising of late Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy along with
high-ranking officials had called on him at his New Delhi office on July 9, 2010.
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Indo-China border now under Arunachal Scouts
.
.
.
Itanagar: The Indian Armys 1st Arunachal Scouts
battalion, two years after its formation, has taken charge of providing security to the unmanned,
inhospitable and porous international border in
the land-locked Himalayan state.
The battalion will help to maintain peace and
tranquility in the border areas, and will not only
be eyes and ears, but also act as a force multiplier.
Arunachal Scouts is an infantry regiment with
specialization in mountain warfare and was raised to defend India's border with Tibet in Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal has the longest international boundary among the states in the country with 1,680 km
160 km with Bhutan, 1,080 with China and 440 km with Myanmar.
Led by commanding officer in the rank of a colonel, the battalion reached its headquarters at
Riyang on Sunday, 30 km from Pasighat, to do the most onerous duty assisting Arunchalees,
who have been serving as sentinels of the eastern frontier of the nation since the army suffered a
humiliating defeat at the hands of the Chinese in 1962.
The new battalion is born out of the Assam
Regiment and will continue to be a part of the
living symbol of martial strength and traditions of
the Northeast.
Local recruits of the new force having inborn
qualities will go a long way in ensuring the
national integrity and will take the mantle of the other jawans to maintain vigilance in places that have varying altitudes from 1,500 feet to 2,400 feet of altitude from the sea level.
The proposal to raise the Arunachal Scouts along the lines of the illustrious Ladakh Scouts for defending the border with China was proposed by Governor J.J. Singh, a former army chief in
2008, who had pushed the proposal through Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Union
Cabinet approved the proposal in 2009 and the 1st battalion was raised in 2010.
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, who has been putting his weight behind the sanction of 2nd Arunachal Scouts Battalion, was the happiest man, when
Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced its
sanction in his address during the statehood Day celebration at Indira Gandhi Park here on
February 20.
In fact, Antony had assured Arunachal Pradesh about raising three additional Arunachal Scouts
Battalions with full preference to local youths.
He had given this assurance when a delegation
comprising of late Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy along with
high-ranking officials had called on him at his New Delhi office on July 9, 2010.
