New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it could not close the eye to the buildup of troops and infrastructure augmentation by China on the Indian border.
“There is no doubt that sustainable development must be balanced with national security requirements.
Can the highest Constitutional Court rule out the worries of the armed forces?” SC said in the case of Chardham Road.
Against the hard opposition to the central petition to expand the path of feeder which leads to the location of the Indo-China border, known as the Chardham project, by NGO residents ‘for Doon Green’ in the field that it will cause environmental disaster, Judge Dy Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said, “There is no doubt that sustainable development must be balanced with national security requirements.
Can the highest constitutional court override the concerns of the armed forces, especially considering the contemporary development on the Indo-China border?” The bench further said, “India’s defense requires an increase Road.
Look at preparedness on the other side (Chinese side).
Can the environment defeat defense requirements or must be balanced? “Venugopal KK Attorney General made pre-provided detailed about the need to expand the existing road to a width of 7 meters, which was allowed by the court only 5.5 meters , to meet the requirements of the class Weapons that remember disturbing developments along Indo-China.
bordering.
“In the 1962 war, our troops without inventory and had to travel difficult to reach the border post.
We know what happened.
Given the situation on the border and new laws passed by the Chinese government to override the claims of neighboring countries about the upper disputes Land border, there is an urgent need to build infrastructure to bring heavy artillery, tanks, missile launchers, and rapid movements of troops, “said AG.
National security, the environment must be balanced: SC
