Indian Army conducts Airborne exercise in sensitive Siliguri Corridor near China
India TV NewsHighlights Indian Army carried out large scale drops near the Siliguri Corridor The exercise involved advanced free-fall techniques; insertion, surveillance and targeting practice Siliguri Corridor is strategically important region as it borders China along with Nepal and Bhutan Around 600 paratroopers of the Indian Army's Airborne Rapid Response teams carried out large scale drops near the Siliguri Corridor on March 24 and March 25 in an Airborne Exercise, after being airlifted from various airbases, the force said. Siliguri Corridor is the strategically important region near the country's northern border with China that also borders Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Wedged between Bangladesh to the south and the west and China to the north, the Siliguri Corridor links India to neighbouring Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. As China continuing road and airstrip construction activities on its side of the border, the threat to the Siliguri Corridor is a constant one, as the infrastructure could allow China to mobilise rapidly in the region.
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