'If BrahMos does not take it to the China border, then how will you protect it?
Attorney General KK Venugopal said in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Central Government, "These are inaccessible areas, the army has to send heavy vehicles, machinery, weapons, missiles, tanks, soldiers, and food supplies to these places. He said that our Brahmos missile is 42 feet long, large vehicles are needed to carry its launcher. How will the war fight if the army is not able to take its missile launcher and machinery to the border of North China?
Sunil Shukla 
The Supreme Court has sought suggestions from the Center and an NGO on additional security measures to clear the Chardham project. In the defense of the Chardham project, the government presented its side in the Supreme Court. The Center told the top court that if the army will not take its missile launchers, heavy machinery to the northern India-China border, then how will it protect the country, how will it fight the war.
However, on concerns of landslides in the Himalayan regions due to the construction of the Chardham Highway project, the government said: "all necessary steps have been taken to mitigate the disaster". The army has to work on a large scale to reach the Chinese border through mountain passes, whether there is a landslide or snowfall.
A division bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant, and Justice Vikram Nath reserved the order on the defense ministry's plea to modify its order on the plea of NGO 'Citizen for Green Doon' against road widening. Also ordered that the steps are taken to reduce landslides in the area and the steps to be taken should be given in writing.
Attorney General KK Venugopal said in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Central Government, "These are inaccessible areas, the army has to send heavy vehicles, machinery, weapons, missiles, tanks, soldiers and food supplies to these places. He said that our Brahmos missile is 42 feet long, large vehicles are needed to carry its launcher. How will the war fight if the army is not able to
take its missile launcher and machinery to the border of North China.
Attorney General KK Venugopal said, "Landslides can happen anywhere in the country, many necessary steps have been taken to deal with such disasters. There is a need to make the roads disaster-resistant. If the army has weapons, In such a situation, God forbid if a war breaks out, how will our army face it, how will we fight it. We need to be very careful and alert. The Defense Minister had also said that the army needs disaster-resistant roads.
Venugopal said, "The Indian Road Congress (IRC) has recommended an additional width of 1.5 meters in snowy areas to allow heavy vehicles to move even in inaccessible places. But the High Powered Committee (HPC) monitoring the Chardham project is on different aspects. Concentrates, but does not do what she should, she is not considering the conditions of the army.
At the same time, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the NGO, said, "The road-widening project has to be stopped. It will put the lives of soldiers and people in danger. Let us tell you that the purpose of the 900-km long Chardham project worth Rs 12,000 crores is Yamunotri, Gangotri, To provide all-weather connectivity to Kedarnath and Badrinath.
