[🇧🇩] Chicken Neck/Siliguri Corridor

[Saif]

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Yes, the Siliguri Corridor is a huge weakness for India in the North East.

 

[Bilal9]

This Indian gentleman talks about annexing some Bangladeshi land to widen chicken neck. His audacity knows no bound.

Bewqoofs are not a rarity in some Indian quarters.

I blame Godi media propaganda for this, they never respect their neighbors and everything is Dadagiri North Indian cow belt style.

They bring this mentality even to foreign relations.

But this idiot is just posting this kind of incendiary post just to get clicks.

 

[Bilal9]

What if China wrings India’s ‘Chicken’s Neck’ – the Siliguri corridor? Here are some countermeasures

The Siliguri corridor, a narrow passage to India’s eight north-eastern (NE) states, is a perennial threat to our security. Strategically, it is the Achilles heel in the defence of almost 2,000 km of borders in...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

What if China wrings India’s ‘Chicken’s Neck’ – the Siliguri corridor? Here are some countermeasures
October 9, 2019, 7:50 PM IST Mohinder Pal Singh in TOI Edit Page, Edit Page, India, World, TOI

The Siliguri corridor, a narrow passage to India’s eight north-eastern (NE) states, is a perennial threat to our security. Strategically, it is the Achilles heel in the defence of almost 2,000 km of borders in the NE states with China and Myanmar. This piece of land is about 60 km in length but a meagre 22 km in width at its narrowest point. With plain terrain not interspersed with any natural or man made obstacles, this patch makes defence a real challenge.

Undoubtedly, this 2,000 sq km stretch of land will be the prime and early target of the enemy during any confrontation. Naturally, the road corridor passing through this narrow corridor becomes a vital piece of ground which must be defended at all costs.

In 2003, India and China came to an agreement whereby China agreed to Sikkim’s addition to India and gave up all claims to the state and India recognised China’s sovereignty over Tibet. Whilst this significantly reduced the escalation in the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction region, China’s attempts to seize de facto control over the region continued. It culminated in the Doklam standoff between India and China during June-August 2017.

The threat to the Siliguri corridor (also known as Chicken’s Neck) is perennial as China has continued its overt road and airstrip construction activities on its side of the border. This could allow China to rapidly mobilise and deploy troops thereby threatening the Siliguri corridor. Furthermore, the deployment of artillery, missiles or anti-aircraft weaponry could easily jeopardise India’s efforts to resupply the region in time of war, especially considering that there is only a single railway line through the region to NE states.

Widening and strengthening this corridor is imperative. The first option for India is to enter into a treaty with Bangladesh permitting not only transit of military equipment during times of conflict but also civilian traffic and trade activities. This would add a layer of strategic depth in the region and alleviate (in some measure) concerns of the possible severance of the north-east with the mainland.

The treaty can cover multi-modal transport including road and rail and a smooth movement of freight and personnel. With the revival of Bimstec India’s relations with Bangladesh have seen a fillip, with seven pacts on important mutual issues signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent four-day visit. India and Bangladesh have already mooted a proposal to facilitate transit with India’s landlocked north-east and PMs of both countries have issued joint statements in this regard in 2010 and 2016.

Currently, there is a joint working group which is examining the possibility of connecting Mahendraganj in Meghalaya to Hili in Bengal through Goraghat, Palashbari and Gaibandha in Bangladesh. This distance of about 100 km could easily be developed into an elevated road and rail corridor through Bangladesh. Such a corridor, if built in PPP mode can result in regular tariff to Bangladesh and provide a shot in the arm to trade and tourism in NE states.

The second option is to strengthen connectivity to the tri-junction area at Doka La so that our response as well as surveillance capability is augmented. Towards this, recent reports of converting the erstwhile mule track to Doka La into a black-top road by the Border Road Organisation and reducing the travel time from 7 hours to 40 minutes is a step in the right direction.

The third option is to make alternate transport arrangements which are safe and secure within the country itself. The development of a multi-modal transport corridor through Siliguri itself can be undertaken by India. As part of this initiative we can even build underground road tunnels which are less likely to be susceptible to air and artillery attack in a time of a military conflict.

Underground tunnelling through this vulnerable stretch, although costly, can give India a little more room to take harder militarily options, if required. Underground expressways and high speed rail connectivity through this corridor will also help to scale up the movement of civil and military traffic. This would also enhance trade and tourism of the NE region manifold during peacetime.

With some of these measures India can look to overcome the constraints imposed by geography and improve its position with regard to China.​

Gomar faansh hoye gesey. He said it out loud - what we knew all along. A gaya geo-strategist.

On one side of Indian mouth we hear "Kangladeshi" and "Ghoospetiya".

And now we become so important....

Giving India access over our sovereign land is non-negotiable.

We cannot afford angering China. Period. Our whole economic future depends on this.

Some Bangladeshi go-murkho "journalists" think this is negotiable, it is NOT.

 

[Nibba]

Gomar faansh hoye gesey. He said it out loud - what we knew all along. A gaya geo-strategist.

On one side of Indian mouth we hear "Kangladeshi" and "Ghoospetiya".

And now we become so important....

Giving India access over our sovereign land is non-negotiable.

We cannot afford angering China. Period. Our whole economic future depends on this.

Some Bangladeshi go-murkho "journalists" think this is negotiable, it is NOT.

Your whole economic future depends on the $22 billion trade deficit you run with china?

 

[Bilal9]

Your whole economic future depends on the $22 billion trade deficit you run with china?

I have edited your post minus the troll-bait comment you made.

Before you comment on a matter, like you did here - it is important to educate yourself.

And have the right attitude to learn from people more aware of the subject, otherwise you are wasting your time.

If you don't have the frame of mind to learn - why post at all?

$22 Billion trade deficit with China is not the point (which is mostly capital equipment and raw material for re-export).
The amount of existing (and expected) Chinese industrial value-addition investments in Bangladesh is huge (far greater than the annual $24 Billion we import from China) compared to what Indians will ever want to invest in Bangladesh. China is in a different league compared to India.

The Chinese are our development partners with most mega projects (bridges, power stations, roadways, railways) going to Chinese State-controlled concerns and Chinese banks financing them. The quality of these projects is high, far higher than equivalent projects attempted in India. Go to the Bangladesh infrastructure threads and take a gander sometime.

Indians do not have the capability to participate in these mega projects evidenced by the fact that they have never tried.

For consolation purposes, Hasina had to award a few small ones to Indian companies and the sub-par qualities of these smaller projects (and associated delays) is evidence that Indians need far more experience in this area.

So us preferring the Chinese to be our development partner (instead of India) is logical. India in the same situation would do the same.

 

[Egyptian]

Your whole economic future depends on the $22 billion trade deficit you run with china?

Are you from India, Bangladesh or Pakistan?