The vulnerability of the strategic Siliguri Corridor was acutely felt during the 2017 Doklam standoff with Chinese troops near the tri-junction of India, Bhutan, and China even though tensions later subsided. This is what India will do now to secure the narrow land strip linking seven northeastern states with the mainland
Since the 1962 war with China, Indian strategic planners have viewed the Siliguri Corridor as a critical vulnerability, fearing that Beijing could one day sever this narrow link and isolate the Northeast from the rest of the country.
These concerns sharpened during the 2017 Doklam standoff with Chinese troops near the tri-junction of India, Bhutan, and China even though tensions later subsided.
These concerns sharpened during the 2017 Doklam standoff with Chinese troops near the tri-junction of India, Bhutan, and China even though tensions later subsided.