17 Mountain Corps Fully Operational, says Eastern Army Commander

The 17 Mountain Strike Corps, raised in 2014 and headquartered at Panagarh in West Bengal has recently been allocated to the Indian Army’s Eastern Command instead of the dual role it was envisaged for initially. Revealing that it is now fully operational with all its combat and combat support units are fully integrated, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Pande told Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale that the strike corps provides both deterrence as well as an offensive capability to the Eastern Command against China. Lt gen Pande spoke at length about many other changes and improvements that are currently underway along the LAC to provide a power-packed punch in the East.
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[@hareeshchintada7880]

Gen Pande...Having served in pune during your time as COS , fortunate to have been associated with you..very good to see you sir..Great work by Indian Army

[@vishnugupt1055]

What a breath taking location! ALH is cherry on top.

[@arunpande6402]

Excellent interview long overdue .Good to now that the armed forces are doing in the North East It removed serous doubts about our preparedness of our Army in the N - E Thanks

[@AbhishekSingh-qc5qy]

I don't know if it was deliberately said or not by the army commander " the vast country such as Tibet" .....22:41

[@sarlamishra5580]

Long live india.

[@dotsanddash8083]

Nothing is said in a whim, he deliberately said it.

[@ALC0A021]

@Abhishek Singh what makes you think so bro'?

[@sonalichatterjee1021]

It was intentionally spoken word singh ji!

[@theminimalist007]

Kick the dragon in style, India 🇮🇳

[@soumyamaitra6132]

Indian Army commanders talk more sensibly than administrators. Amazing. Civil Service should learn from them especially when it comes to the synergism of departments.

[@vishnugupt1055]

One who sees death from close quarters gets sorted out in the head real quick.

[@amanvirsingh6607]

Maybe because there is no kota system in Defence services.

[@chandigarhspotter2345]

@@amanvirsingh6607 exactly

[@VELS436]

😂🤣 because there is no reservations in defence forces ....Only merit based appointments.....That's why indian private sector industries are booming than public sector units....

[@mayankrohinival]

SSB is there for a reason chimps 😊

[@loitering__brain]

Nitin sir is taking journalism to another level.

[@ageless1003]

ok

[@MrinalKantiChakraborty]

He is an old gun !

[@NavneetKumar-pl6vj]

Amazing.. I must say this first time I have seen these type of interview

[@sethumadhavanak2539]

I was a proud member of the elite 17 Mountain Strike Corps, when it started raising in remote NE State in 2000....Now I understand it was designed to face such a tough tasks like to protect our borders from Chinese challenges.. My Indian Army..I am proud of you..💪💪

[@bhaskarjyotidutta4155]

Very nice on ground reportage, respects to Eastern Army Command troops and lt. Gen. Manoj Pande .

[@advaityachandhoke1406]

Lt. Gen. Manoj Pandey sir was talking about developing "Dual Use Infrastructure." From that perspective, I would like to suggest 5 Mega Infrastructure projects which can boost both Military Transportation & Industrial operations in the North East- 1. North East Dedicated Freight Corridor (Patna- Silliguri- Guhawati). At Patna it will connect Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor which is being constructed from Ludhiana to Dankuni near Kolkata. As we all know that trains running on DFC are capable of pulling over 10,000 tonnes worth goods & can run at around 100 kmph. So these DFC can give a huge boost to our Military Transportation of equipment capability as well as give boost to Industries in the region due to significantly easing logistics, thus making it favourable for industries. In future the DFC if possible can be further extended uptill Dibrugarh to achieve last mile connectivity. 2. Brahmaputra Expressway. I guess this expressway should be turned into a reality. Again it will not only boost the Industrial operations in the area but enable travel of Military Convoys much faster due to it's Access Controlled feature. It will connect Dhubri with Sadia. In future this same Expressway can be extended uptill proposed Silliguri Ring Road. Infact NH 27 can be converted into a Brownfield Access Controlled Expressway if possible to save additional costs. 3. I had once estimated the number of Tunnels which might be required under River Brahmaputra in order to ensure better year round connectivity of North & South Assam as well Arunachal further North with rest of North Eastern States. I personally felt that we need to have a Bridge or Tunnel at every 50 kms distance, starting from Dhubri uptill Sadia. The estimated numbers was 4 Twin Lane Tunnels spread out equidistantally over River Brahmaputra passing throughout the length of Assam & rest would be bridges. Fortunately 1 Twin Lane Tunnel has been approved in Numaligarh- Gohpur. So this leaves us with 3 more Twin lane Tunnels spread equidistantally. 1 in East part of Assam, 1 in more in Central Assam (apart from Gohpur) & 1 in Western part of Assam would ensure all round military transportation just incase Bridges come under attack. A similar project in terms of Multiple Bridges providing connectivity is being implemented in Bihar where a number of Bridges are being built over River Ganga to enhance North-South Bihar Connectivity. So a similar project needs to be planned over River Brahmaputra in Assam as well to enhance North-South Assam connectivity. The earlier listed Brahmaputra Expressway will connect all these Bridges & Tunnels with each other like a horizontal ladder. This would make the whole route a Super Expressway area. 4. Developing Pasighat & Tezu as proper Airbase cum Civilian Airports. It would include developing/upgrading existing Civilian terminal as well as developing Shelters to station 1 Sq. of Aircrafts at each base. Something similar to what has been done with Leh Airport. 5. By far the most important would be the Arunachal Frontier Highway which will not only help our troops maintain surveillance & easily help them travel till border posts but also allow Model Border Villages Plan to be implemented successfully as main concern for people living in Border villages would be connectivity which once this highway get's constructed would be established. I guess the deadline to achieve all these Infrastructure projects should be kept as 2030. By 2030, proper infrastructure should be in place to gain parity with Chinese in terms of Infrastructure connectivity.

[@bmmilind4333]

Wonderful points and I suggest you send this to the PM and Defense minister as well through means available .

[@jyy9624]

I dont know if the voters will care - they are mostly farmers who are for the status quo

[@kayg.vegan.singapore]

🇮🇳🇮🇳 JAIHIND🇮🇳🇮🇳 I'm Singapore, wishing you all a wonderful day for Peacekeeping and for keeping the remote areas Safe.

[@psuyog]

Thank you for conducting interview in English for us non-Hindhi Indians. Proud to be Indian.

[@remokim5066]

@Xam deKiller not really, though it’s good to learn Hindi as it’s common, it’s definitely not a badge of “true Indian”.

[@remokim5066]

@Xam deKiller lol 😂

[@adityaBorPhukon2170]

@@remokim5066 Even Indian Military speaks Hindi what’s there to laugh punk.

[@adityaBorPhukon2170]

@@remokim5066 I’m from Assam Regiment our Regional language is Assamese still we are in the military that’s why we have to speak Hindi.

[@ShivamSahuIndia]

@@remokim5066 sorry officer ignore that's like foolish people 🙏🏻 Jai Hind

[@ramacol9343]

A frank interview with a theatre commander is a rarity. Nitin Gokhale deserves to be congratulated for making this happen. Civilian population seldom has a chance to view and hear on op preparedness of the services. Gen Pande’s exposition on the Mountain corps and it’s preparedness is of great significance. And a confidence building measure for all Indians. Nitin and his technical video team deserves thanks for clarity and production.

[@mageshmogan]

Enjoyed this informative and insightful video regarding our eastern sector. Keep up the good work!

[@advaityachandhoke1406]

We should plan to raise 6 Strike Corps in total within the next 5-6 years:- 1. 1 Mountain Strike Corp. under futurustic Eastern Theatre Command (N.E & West Bengal) 2. 2 Mountain Strike Corps. under Northern Theatre Command (J&K, Ladakh, H.P, UTT & Haryana) 3. 2 Plains Strike Corps under Western Theatre Command (Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat) 4. 1 Maritime Strike Corp. under Maritime Command (Induan Ocean Region) We have 14-15 Corps. in total currently. So we can transform 6 Corps. into Strike Corps. so that we become slightly more assertive against both the enemies. Remaining 8 Corps. can play the defensive role to defend the borders. All 14-15 Corps. can be divided amongst various land based theatres. Size & Equipment of 6 Strike Corps would ofcourse differ according to Terrain, Conditions etc. These Strike Corps. can be further divided into Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) which can be responsible for implementing Cold Start Doctrine. It would give us an edge over our adversaries.

[@UMESHPILANIA]

What a video quality! And of course informative as always!

[@RahulDas-kq2wk]

Have to stop illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals in siliguri corridor and the NE states who are changing the demographic set up in northeast and North Bengal.

[@joydipray9575]

Agree,I'm from North Bengal.I know that is happening here..

[@rupakghosh2162]

Army is not deployed in Bangladesh border, BSF is guarding the the Indo-Bangla Border.

[@harishsharma7095]

@Wumao Let me ask you, who is responsible for the border, center or state? is state machinery deployed to curb infiltration or central? I am a student of 11th CBSE Arts stream and curious to know from a intellectually, great and knowledgeable person like you.

[@varun2250]

@@harishsharma7095 It needs to be a joint, combined effort from both Central and State Governments. Hope this answers.

[@MainChoon]

@@harishsharma7095 No centre government can do anything and No policy can be implemented by the centre if the state government doesn't allow those policy to be implemented . Hope the answer suffices

[@amarjeetsehmi8995]

Great. Mountain Division of Congress era is upgraded to Mountain Corp with developing situation and new infrastructure development on the North and Eastern border with new induction of equipment and superior technology as well developing new strategies. God bless the India Armed Forces. Gen Pandey like Gen. now Field Marshal Mane shah must excel in his command and deployment with our excellent troops and toughened soldiers and shall have patrolling on horse backs by forces on LAC as it is less tiring for soldiers and give a sense of more pride as well to dominate enemies.

[@thehipocratdialogue9034]

first time i am seeing this type of interview and images on 1080p indeed new way to go and counter information warfare india is facing

[@nanditaxingh]

Kudos 🙏🏼 More strength to you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ON-tk7bp]

Excellent professional interview and a credit to the Indian Army - NE India is beautiful.

[@amarjeetsehmi8995]

It will better that India forces recruit local younger generation to provide them good career with perfect knowledge of local areas, routes and protect ways as well other resources as local population is a back bone of fighting forces.

[@Archer89201]

We need more IRBN and other forces to recruit locals. During elections in the northern mountain areas paramilitary like CRPF just give up because they are not used to such terrain , they are fit but walking in mountains and carrying load is completely different ballgame.

[@anikchakma3510]

So many brilliant military strategist in the comment section !

[@mcocplayer26]

Savage 😂😂😂

[@dhanrawat159]

Thanks to you and your team for providing us the latest development happening in our North East areas.

[@akshaykashyap7473]

Army officer talk more sensibly compare to LBSNA trained IAS DM , this is the difference between civilian and Army and that is discipline .

[@babluyadav5200]

Ha thik hai sabki apni training hai ,, apna tareeka hai।।।ias ko tax vasoolkar sabko pay karna bhi hota hai।। international relations bhi dekhna hota hai।।।army ka apna job hai।।safai कर्मी भी जरूरी काम करता है किसान सबको फीड करता है।।समाज में सब important है। जिसको जो पसंद वो वाला काम चूस करता है।

[@GopalKumar-nq2wi]

@@babluyadav5200 ya baat kane ki lahje aur dhang ki baat ho rhi h. Aur unhone bilkul thik kaha ki army people are far more disciplined and able then them.

[@babluyadav5200]

@@GopalKumar-nq2wi alag alag trainning ka effect hota hai।।।। डिसिप्लिन होना जरूरी काम है आर्मी में,,, पॉलिटिकल काम करने वाले अलग टाइप के होते है उनकी ट्रेनिग अलग की जाती है।।

[@GopalKumar-nq2wi]

@@babluyadav5200 logo se badtamiji ki traning kaun se year me di jati h??

[@rohanprasad9995]

Have you heard our Hon Foreign Minister talking??? He is an IFS officer Ajit Doval IPS officer all the Chief Secretary and Joint Secretary.......Don't generalise exceptions.

[@SANDY-hn2vh]

Looking forward to more of such amazing videos... respect from dibrugarh Assam

[@rajeshnarayanaswamy5773]

Very proud if you sir for your and our dedicated soldiers who are protecting our national borders. I truly understand how much accountability and responsibility border security have to deal day in day out. Also proud of our govt supporting the defence capabilities.We are becoming world class. Pray we and neighbour's maintain peace always

[@thesilencer2747]

First heli number is well masked but second one got exposed. Is it deliberate? But have to say the video is too informative. Thank you for bring up this issue.

[@dgap4724]

first heli is IA-1124 😑 that is exposed too

[@thesilencer2747]

@@dgap4724 oh I didn't notice that

[@adisharma1556]

@@dgap4724 that was a different heli bro

[@jewel7906]

We need to turn northeast into a major clothing manufacturing hub just like bangladesh. I hope pm Modiji is working on this to bring in major investments in this region. Only this will bring about major progress in this region 🇮🇳

[@Akhilkumar0024]

I support turning the region specialized in tertiary sector also since manufacturing sector is not really suitable for NE

[@thakurpuneetsingh5770]

Good idea

[@SuperFatafati]

Also great place for pharma. This type of climate , cool and dry is perfect for pharma. So textile, food processing, forest produce , organic farm oroduce and pharma will change northeast. ❤️😇

[@ajitkumaryadav5225]

⚽🏀🏈⚾⚽🏀🏈⚾⚽🏀🏈⚾⚽🏀🏈⚾ sports could be game changer for NE and 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@ALC0A021]

@@Akhilkumar0024 manufacturing must take place in NE

[@dr.bidhasingh5357]

Proud on indian army.

[@shalikmnongbri]

@Bharat Shakti -- maybe we should blur out the tail number of the hepter behind at 21:46 like we did for the one in the foreground?

[@BandevGhoshRightofCentre]

Finally long awaited news. Budget, manpower necessity etc etc etc finally got going. Do a coverage of the panagarh airforce station.

[@mrraaz..3276]

Congratulations manoj pandey sir....❤️

[@ravishankar-rv1yh]

MORE ADVANCED TROOPS TANKES HI TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED NEEDED TRUCKERS ETC.👍 MANUFACTURER IN INDIA WORLD NUMBER ONE INDIANS ARMY'S JAY

[@ghkhellfire007]

Very interesting and fantastic nitin, kudos

[@ageless1003]

Jai Bharath, Jai Hind !...my best wishes, Indian Army !

[@JackBlackSM]

Excellent discussion Nitin. Thank you.

[@kughalumulatonu1259]

Great. This is what the world and India is looking for.

[@hemantkulkarni5647]

Why did thay blurr the helicopter logo.

[@birendrkumargopal1856]

Awsm interview Nitin sir and Pandey sir...jai hind..

[@bolonphangcho326]

That Dhruv Heli... Is boss.. kinda swag.. .. love that background 👍👍👍

[@ramamurtipaluri2420]

Nitin Ji thanks for the wonderful interview with a mist articulate Gen Pandey. He spoke so lucidly giving an absolutely clear situation without revealing any vital information that would benefit our enemies. I follow your videos regularly and at times I am annoyed and criticise you for revealing too much that would benefit our adversaries. You must curb that journalistic penchant. The General spoke so well in saying that the army is not just buoynet charging soldiers, but it is based of highly organised military science. One thing that caught by ear is that tunnelling to store material etc. This has been my favourite thought that using tunnelling machines we should create lot of tunnels to store and protect our men and material, heavy artillery from satellite surveillance massive air and missile attack. During the congress rule the politicians did not have any grasp on military matters and have not developed infrastructure due,to neglect budget allocation and will and fear that China would be angered. Partly also for the reason that China, I believe, has bribed our politicians to keep the North-east underdeveloped. Anyway he story is different now. Lastly Nitin Ji another complaint of mine on you is you probably never read ornhas contempt for comments as you feel your job is over after filling the air. You must realise your videos are intended of people and therefore some of their comments may have relevance. Mutually any one could have a valid point or even wrong. In this video there are 164 comments now and within 20 min I can sort out salient points that needs clarification from you. Regards.

[@subhadipojha277]

video quality and presentation is mind blowing . thank you Nitin gokhale.........

[@byasdebghosh5801]

Jai Hind 🌹❤️🙏 🙏

[@saksham_agarwal]

Some part of the helicopter in the background is blurred. But that part is visible at 6:08 seconds. Very high probability that it is the same helicopter. So the purpose of blurring helicopter might have failed. Maybe blur the helicopter at 6:08 also then?

[@rightpoll5989]

Sir second heli ka s.no. blurr karna bhull gae...

[@Doremon-cy5js]

Please conduct another discussion with IAF officers.

[@johnsjose1833]

Informative interview

[@tarn4633]

Well keep it up jai Hind

[@tvlwithdr]

More than 100 Chinese troops transgressed into Indian territory on August 30 through the border point at Barahoti ridge in Uttarakhand, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified government and security officials. They entered more than 5 kilometres into the Indian territory by crossing the Tun Jun La in the area, the report said. The government is yet to give an official statement on the matter.

[@soumenkarmokar8453]

Very high... Quality and Standard video

[@true_human_007]

INDIAN ARMY IS BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD. ............ SALUTE

[@VELS436]

Great amazing video sir...❤️🙏🇮🇳 Its motivational for defence lovers.

[@jamesstephen1516]

Very strong words on motivated fighting machine and matching media probe

[@sunilmotwani8982]

Jaijawan

[@indodefencetalks8163]

There is something on the chopper that's blurred.

[@madhusinghrajpurohit5253]

भारत की सेना 3 बडे पलटवार कर चुके हैं ऐसे छोटे छोटे पलटवार भारत की सेना करती रहती है चीन की फटी पड़ी है जय भारत💂💂💂 की सेना जय मोदी सरकार

[@CTLGamingIND]

Tibet is a country of course.. And one of our closest friends!!!

[@anjanghosh52]

A prefect assessment, thanks Sir.

[@bharatsangam2200]

This mountain corps must be augmented...increased in strength ...and better weaponised ....and more specialized for covert ops ....the personnel strength also needs to be increased ....

[@sandeshm9600]

Indian troops are known to be calmest troops in entire world mean while india should take back it's map back March ahead soldiers bring back POK and COK.

[@DB-MH11]

Amazing program… one of a kind

[@kethareswarans9599]

Jai Jawan, Jai Hind.

[@himurajbhuiyan3201]

Great and good informative knowledge and thoughts

[@adityatimes2454]

Love Arunachal from UP,

[@savarkargalli9423]

2014 se hamari army Extra ordinary ho gai hai. Indian army jab se Bani hai tab se strong hai.jab se Modi ji aye unki jaruraten poori hui nahi hai at least on the way JAI HIND HIND KI ARMY 🙏🙏

[@akaj188]

Jai Hind

[@Ak-tq6oi]

Jai Hind🇮🇳

[@oliversparks1459]

Fantastic

[@jitendivgi2761]

Gen Pandey continues a great tradition of Eastern Army Commanders like Gen Manekshaw and Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora. Tawang and Kameng Sector come under the Eastern Command. In '62 we had no Mountain Strike Corps. XVII Corps bared its fangs in eastern Ladakh when one of its divisions helped take the Kailash Range and turned the tables on China at Pangong Tso. Nitin needs to explain to this generation of Indians as to why the Henderson Brooks Bhagat Report that inquired into the nature and causes of the 1962 War is still kept classified. Indian military scholars and historians need access to this document most of which was actually drafted by the brilliant Gen Preminder Singh Bhagat, India's only general to have been awarded a Victoria Cross. It is kept suppressed by our Official Secrets Act of 1928 and this colonial anachronism does not enable us to learn anything from our own history.

[@i_arun]

Such a gentleman ! 🙏🏻

[@ashishsoni4342]

Quality content

[@ranapratap1981]

Very detailed and informative!!

[@mehulgoswami5329]

Superb

[@nihargautam]

Well it's a beautiful place .. I have visited it and our forces are in suitable positions against Chinese.. sorry can't name the place

[@ManrajSingh4U]

Such a great channel

[@ambarishboradewri9086]

Nice interaction and knowledgeable

[@9356079]

Jai hind

[@vikramupadhya1243]

17 corps is expeditionary. 4 things it has are Airmobile infantry Organic artillery M777 Integrated Aviation Chinook+C-130J Special forces and Logistics Allocation of 81000cr₹ surely adds teeth to our bark. Objective needs to be get water sources and deny further reinforcement from MK.

[@Tintin-gv9ir]

Exreamly positive news . We need Japanese , Korean and Taiwanese investment in north east if possible . One idea I heard some where is that the semi conductor deal with Taiwan set up in Meghalaya as it rains a lot , water required for that industry . North east has big potential and success of our armed forces has a dependency on economy

[@utubeminuteman2903]

Insurgency is on the wane because of good politics.

[@nayandeka6354]

Baise monoj mulakat hohi gai. Age bhi bat sit jari rahegi .infentry ke sath 👍🔥😎 nayan jyoti deka

[@johnxina2849]

Put inter mediate range medium yeild nuclear weapons in Siliguri corridor....as the both and us and Russian did in their vounarable areas of Europe...simple and cost effective....

[@vigilante3916]

Don't you remember Cuban Missile crisis when Russia deployed nuke near US board we were moment away from ww3 . You want to put the whole world in threat Our Army is doing great work I am from North East I know my local threat it is quite peace.

[@астрофил]

I think they did ,but no one in their right mind would tell the rest of the world about that 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Avirup1981]

Another couchchair expert to comment on strategic affairs.Lmfao

[@Sonia_Godfray_Hindu]

Brahmos batteries are installed all over NE bordering states . Brahmos can carry nuke warhead too and DRDO will install pralay tactical nuke specially China Centric throughout LAC be it ladakh Uttarakhand siliguri or NE. I'm from assam and I'm fully aware of our threats

[@koustav2826]

India has already deployed nukes in NE

[@krishanumahanta4512]

Video quality 😲😲😲. Hollywood movie camera ? Better dan Bollywood

[@tonystarc9567]

The best way to tackle China is aiming to be global military and nuclear superpower and not regional. The person aiming to defend himself can only defend with some losses and offensive person will always have 0 or more gain but defensive person will have 0 or more loss.

[@deep5254]

New COAS 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@NavneetKumar-pl6vj]

When will next episode release

[@sarlamishra5580]

22.41 vast country like tibbet made my day

[@arindamkumar7725]

Is that a LUH or an ALH?

[@jai90devkar]

The background is too good

[@dyadav2006]

Great information

[@mannyrajput4204]

✌️✌️ great job @nitin sir

[@flowerbear_]

India really needs to withdraw from/suspend that useless & dangerous Indo-Burmese Treaty.

[@siamboit6758]

Guys please educate me. Do we(Indians) have self propelled artillery that looks like a tank??

[@cosmicnomad9324]

Some real facts, unlike i hear from other so called defense channels!

[@rebelfighter7980]

India should unite and fight against the enemy, please increase the force and the strength of the army

[@shivamd9702]

Build the nuclear Missile range to hit Chinese Economic City like Senzen Shanghai ,to the Stratgic Balance between india and China

[@kunalmandhare3144]

Our Agni Series already covers whole of China

[@holoceneheart777]

I think its in Anini….. awesome info

[@gauravchoudhury8738]

Looks like Anini or monigong sector

[@amarjeetsehmi8995]

Although there is no scope of withdrawal like in Afghanistan, strategy must be in place for safety reasons to destroy the war machine before it falls into hands of PLA. It is well known that PLA is numerically and logistically and technology is more advanced over long period of 1962 in addition to land logistics and development of social, human and technolect above all nearly level area on the side of China in depth for hundred miles and less developed unlike on India side.

[@bulgingvolcano3305]

17 Corps, also known as Brahmastra Corps