Indian railway project in Tawang Arunachal Vs. China's project in Lhasa Tibet
It came in the news that the Arunachal Pradesh government has approved to build a toy train project for tourists in the Avon Valley of Arunachal Pradesh. This project will be undertaken by the Northeast Frontier Railway They Are going to be the operator. It has also been said that NFL will try to finish this project within six months if you are aware there is also a toy train endangering it is called the Darjeeling Himalayan railway. It is a 2ft gauge railway that runs between the new gel piggery and dodging in the Indian state of West Bengal. As you know, real transport has railway tracks and their spacing between the railway tracks is measured, engage we have a broad gauge standard gauge meter gauge narrow gauge. Similarly, there are smaller ones too like three ft gauge and two ft gauge railway tracks. So toy train usually runs on a three ft or two ft gauge railway tracks.
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That means even this Project is going to be built on a three ft Or two ft gauge railway track. Now you have to understand that this is a tourist-centric toy train service. That means this train will run in and around the beautiful town of Tamang. After all, the Avon Valley is a popular tourist destination just like Darjeeling Schindler and Calgary that means the whole idea of having a toy train project in India is not something new. So this was everything about the toy train project. Now let's come to the real point, why do you think the government of our Natural and needless to say they must have also consulted with the central government of India on this project So why do you think India is building this project, Of course, there is a tourism aspect in it, Every country wants to develop its regional tourism.
However, you also have to think beyond that the one valley situated very close to India china border. I have a playlist that contains videos on India china geopolitics in that playlist. There is a video called why china is interested in Arunachal Pradesh in that. I have explained in detail what is china's motive and strategy near the unnatural Tibet border. If you look at the Taiwan district of our nature it is in the northwestern region of our natural Pradesh that borders Bhutan. Over the years you will find that China has increased its military as well as developmental activities in this region. Last month or So, China launched its fully electrified bullet train service in Tibet by linking the capital city of Lhasa to 90. I also have a video in which I have explained how the Chinese are building strategic railway lines in the Tibetan region near the unnatural border.
With the help of a map. I have explained in detail, watch that video and you will get the entire picture. So last month china launched its fully electrified bullet train service in Tibet in response to that India came up with this project See you have to understand this. If you look at the ethnic background of the people living in the upper natural region, including near the Taliban valley, you will find that most of them are in some ways related to the people of Tibet, their descendants of the mongoloid race. Their ancestors had migrated from Tibet at some point in time. Even China is aware of this. The Chinese government is communist and we all know the communist ideology is very appealing to the poor this way, china plans on creating regional instability that will cost a lot to India's Chinese construction, and encroachment in Putin is another example.
People Of Arunachal and history
People who live in these regions experience harsh living and working conditions. If you see it from the eyes of the local inhabitants, the Chinese are doing a good job by giving bullet train service. We have to admit that any step towards poverty will be perceived as a noble work. China has realized that it's better to develop these regions and fill them with their people who share a similar communist ideology. So on one hand, if you see the local inhabitants are going to benefit from this. But on the other hand, if you look at it from the national security point of view it is a strategy to gain demographic advantage India is aware of this strategy and it is high time that India has to focus more on Northeastern states and jump-start their development programs as soon as possible Otherwise the Chinese intentions are very clear, they want to create regional instability in Bhutan and Northeast India if you look at China, you will realize that it always has an aggressive policy, whether it is about diplomacy, foreign policy, trade investment or land grabbing.
If you look at all the five veto countries, they all are aggressive in various magnitude USA Russia, china UK France, they all have aggressive foreign policy but in various magnitude. So what I'm trying to say is why china is aggressive in doing investment now that they have launched an electric bullet train service in Tibet. I mean just take a moment to understand that who would have thought that high-speed rail infrastructure would come to Tibet? We have to admit that this is a commendable job. While India is of no cannot introduce bullet train in unnatural Northeast it is quite expensive to build high-speed rail infrastructure apart from the cost, there is also a threat to natural resources and biodiversity. After all, development comes with the cost right? So as of now, India cannot introduce bullet training, unnatural Pradesh. However, what it can do is it can increase tourism.
A tourist destination plays an important role in attracting tourist movement of people will cause various kinds of businesses to thrive. That is how an entire tourism ecosystem bills to create a tourism ecosystem. You need two things Security and transportation, Indian army and Air force is present at the Macmillan lying in Tavon Valley apart from the Army and Air Force BSF and I. T. PVS also there So the security part discovered coming to transportation many people from Northeast India traveled to the north and south Indian states for studies, jobs medical treatment there are a lot of government employees who come from these Northeastern states. You see there's a huge demand for transport infrastructure right now The real connectivity to Northeastern states are less Government of India should increase direct train services from Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and the Bath And many other tire one tie To Tie three cities This is the best way of creating unity in diversity While china is focusing on gaining demographic advantage through communist ideology India should focus on unity in diversity.
China's Planing
China can spend all the money it has on creating infrastructure in such remote places without any consequences. But that is not so easy in India You see everything in India has to go through democratic procedures. There are social, cultural, and environmental dues and don's whereas china does not have to deal with such democratic obstacles anyhow. The government of India is also working towards that. There Is news that says by 2023 Indian railways will have larger connectivity to the Northeastern states. Now coming to air connectivity. Air connectivity to Northeast India is also low. You will not find any direct flight to the Northeastern States. There are connecting flights to Guwahati not lacking poor gauge, poor passing guard impale Chalong and Dima poor. There is a lot that goes into making air connectivity cheaper. Otherwise, it can turn into a loss-making business, after all, flight cost depends on demand and passenger volume.
So right now air connectivity is a challenge for the government for integrating Northeast with the rest of the country But real connectivity is something that the government of India seriously looking into. So this whole tourism ecosystem once starts, hopefully, there will be increasing demand and passenger volume The idea is to start small, and then the strategy is so well that the rewards are high. So building a toy train in Taiwan valleys. India's counter-strategy against china's strategy is to gain demographic advantage through communist ideology and aggressive policy. Whereas India's strategy is unity in diversity through national connectivity.