New landing ground on Arunachal border

The Indian Air Force opened another advanced landing ground (ALG) on the Sino-Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Mechuka on Monday.

On the same day, the Indian Army treated the Chinese army personnel with Indian delicacies during Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) at Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh.
  Boosting the nation’s rapid airlift capability for forward operations and troop deployment, the IAF on Monday inaugurated the ALG at Mechuka. This comes within months after the IAF re-activated and upgraded its ALGs at Ziro and Along in state.

The ALG was inaugurated on Monday by Air Marshal C Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command. The decision of building up a state-of-the-art ALG at Mechuka was taken in 2013.

The IAF has decided to upgrade several ALGs in Arunachal Pradesh to better monitor the Sino-Indian border. The outlay plan for the upgradation of ALGs alone is nearly Rs 1,000 crore, official sources added.

Meanwhile, the Chinese Army officer and troopers were completely bowled over by the Indian cuisines served by the Indian Army on Monday during Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) at Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, Army sources added.

The Indian delegation was led by Brigadier D S Kushwaha, Brigade Commander of Tawang Brigade while a Senior Colonel Liu Xun headed the Chinese Army delegation to the meeting at Heap of Stones at Bum La pass in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.