Standing Parliamentary Committee of Defence reviews NE security

SHILLONG: The Standing Parliamentary Committee on Defence today reviewed security preparedness of the army and the air force guarding North East India's international border with China.

The 15-member committee reviewed the preparedness of the army and the Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force whose mandate is to guard the skies in the region.

Declining to divulge details and the recommendation that the committee would give to the Centre on inputs from the army and the airforce, Committee member Prakash Javadekar told PTI here that the force's preparedness vis-à-vis the China border was discussed.

"We have been to Bagdogra and Gangtok and we were supposed to go to Tawang, but inclement weather conditions prevented us," Javadekar said.

The Committee's review is significant in view of the recent incursion of the Chinese in the Ladakh region.