‘Raj to soon have India’s third defence corridor’

Rajasthan will soon have India’s third defence corridor after Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, said lieutenant general Manjinder Singh, general officer commanding-in-chief of the South Western command of Indian Army, on Wednesday.

- HT Correspondent

“We have already sent a proposal to the government to make a defence corridor at the Rajasthan’s Industrial corridor area. They have stated that they will make a policy on that proposal in the next six months. Rajasthan will be the third state in India to have such a defence corridor. It will benefit both the industrialists and the defence staff,” Singh said addressing the press during a tech seminar by the Sapta Shakti command at the Jaipur Military Station.

He further added, “Rajasthan’s strategic position is very crucial for India. It will be the only Pakistan-bordering area to have a defence corridor now. The units of the armed forces here will now not need to go to Uttar Pradesh or Tamil Nadu for repairing or procuring any defence equipment. They can get it from Rajasthan itself.”

Highlighting the importance of developing the technologies in the defence sector, he also said, “Future warfare will only be about algorithms, drones, cyber, and hypersonic technologies. India’s own Operation Sindoor has shown how the use of technology could ensure precision to launch an attack on the specific target without any undue escalation.”