Himachal seeks help
for better infrastructure on China
border
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh on
Wednesday sought central assistance to strengthen civil and military
infrastructure in its areas along the border with China. Raising the issue in the
chief ministers' meet on internal security here, Health and Family Welfare
Minister Kaul Singh requested the central government to provide liberal
financial assistance to strengthen police and civil establishments in Kinnaur
and Lahaul-Spiti districts, which fall along the Indo-Tibet border. He
requested the union government to enhance financial allocations under the
Border Area Development Programme. Pleading that a broad-gauge rail line be
built to link Manali with Leh in Jammu
and Kashmir, he said this would help in transporting
men and material to border areas of Ladakh, which are strategically important
from the security point of view.
He also demanded 100
percent funding for police for equipping forces with high-altitude mountain
gear and disaster management equipment to tackle natural disasters.
Singh also demanded
reimbursement of the entire expenditure on security for Tibetan spiritual
leaders the Dalai Lama and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who reside in
Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile. He said that at present only a part of
expenditure of the Dalai Lama is being reimbursed by the Ministry of External
Affairs while the entire expenditure on the security of the Karmapa is being
borne by the state. He said the state would set up a Tibetan refugee unit in
the state intelligence department, and a Tibetan refugee cell in Dharamsala.
Source: http://zeenews.india.com/news/himachal-pradesh/himachal-seeks-help-for-better-infrastructure-on-china-border_853035.html
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