Trans-Arunachal Highway

Trans-Arunachal Highway

Subject – Geography

Context – ‘Chinese build­up in RALP a matter of concern’

Concept –

• It is an under-construction 2-lane more than 2,407 km (1,496 mi) long highwayin Arunachal Pradesh state in India.
• It runs from LAC in Tawang in northwest to Kanubari in southeast at tri-junction of Assam-Nagaland-Arunachal Pradesh.
• It connects at least 16 districts of Arunachal Pradesh
• It starts from India’s north most military post (north of Hathung La Ridge) in Tawang district.
• This strategically important highway network enhances Indian military’s capabilities in combating the threat of China’s Western Theater Command opposite India’s eastern sector of Line of Actual Control.
• TAH, from Tawang to Kanubari in Longding district has a target completion date of March 2024.

Note –

Rest of Arunachal Pradesh (RALP) area – Other than the Kameng area, which consists of East and West Kameng districts, the rest of the State is referred to by the Army as the RALP.