Over fifty years ago, India and China fought a war over Arunachal Pradesh, a remote northeastern state now administered by India, though China still lays claim to the territory. About 1.4 million people live in the Himalayan region, a population India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes will grow substantially. According to Bloomberg, Modi is planning to invest billions of dollars on infrastructure in the region:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is finalizing blueprints for a $6 billion highway in Arunachal Pradesh, which is also claimed by China. Construction on the 2,000-kilometer (1,243-mile) road will start as early as 2018, Kiren Rijiju, …read more
Source: The American Interest
