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Army builds homestays to boost border security
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|October 09, 2025
IN a strategic move blending national security with local economic revival, the Indian Army has inaugurated tent-based homestays in the remote border village of Garbyang in Uttarakhand.
Located precariously close to the frontiers of both China and Nepal, the village serves as the crucial ingress point for pilgrims traversing the high-altitude routes to Kailash-Mansa-rovar, Lipulekh Pass, Om Parvat, and Adi-Kailash.
The Army has formally handed over the newly constructed facilities to the local village committee.
This initiative is seen as a multi-pronged strategy: bolstering border security by encouraging permanent local habitation, and injecting vital revenue into a region grappling with demographic decline.
This story is from the October 09, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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