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<p>Created page with &quot;{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; |- |colspan=&quot;0&quot;|&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:100%&quot;&gt; This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.&lt;br/&gt; Additional information ma...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> |colspan=&quot;0&quot;|&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:100%&quot;&gt;<br /> This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.&lt;br/&gt;<br /> Additional information may please be sent as messages to the Facebook &lt;br/&gt;community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully &lt;br/&gt;acknowledged in your name. <br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> [[Category:India |Z ]]<br /> [[Category:Places |Z ]]<br /> <br /> =Bridge over Nyamjang Chu=<br /> ==As of 2026==<br /> [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=27_03_2026_032_004_cap_TOI Rajib Dutta &amp; Joken Ete TNN, March 27, 2026: ''The Times of India'']<br /> <br /> Itanagar/Dibrugarh: Coffee steams and tea steeps where convoys once rolled. On a 1962 war relic that carried soldiers into uncertainty on India’s far edge in the NorthEast, visitors now pause and look out. A bridge between the past and the present. 
<br /> <br /> Perched over Nyamjang Chu river in remote Zemithang village, a decommissioned Bailey bridge has been upcycled into Border Brew Cafe — a striking blend of military history and grassroots enterprise barely 20km from the Chinese border in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. 
<br /> History runs deeper here. Zemithang marked the entry point for the 14th Dalai Lama in 1959 as he fled Tibet, a prelude to tensions that spiralled into war three years later. 
<br /> <br /> Built by the Army’s Gajraj Corps in 31 days under Operation Sadbhavna, the cafe doubles as a compact museum chronicling the Sino-Indian war and early battles that raged across Tawang sector. 
<br /> <br /> Zemithang sits over 100km north of Tawang town, a 5-hour drive along steep, winding roads via Lumla. A rougher, weatherprone route runs past Sangetsar lake. This tranquil valley more than 7,000 feet above sea level once saw a different kind of traffic. This is where Chinese forces breached the border and marched into the region in 1962. 
The Bailey bridge served for decades as a lifeline for troop movement before a new span at Babtangkang took over, turning the old steel into redundancy — until the Army flipped the script. 
<br /> <br /> A glassy vistadome crowns the structure, opening wide views of jagged Himalayan ridges and the river’s rush below. Inside, a ‘Wall of Valour’ lines up portraits and names of soldiers from 1962, images frozen in bunkers and open ground. Two mannequins draw a stark contrast — khaki cottons and fibre jerseys of another era against modern thermal gear and quick-dry fabric — charting how the Army has evolved since that longshot defence in high altitude. 
<br /> <br /> Women from the resident Monpa tribe run the cafe, serving coffee, tea, sandwiches, momo, and the regional specialty — butter tea called suja. The Rs 80 lakh cafe aims to seed income in a frontier economy while nudging tourists beyond Tawang’s usual circuit. “It opens opportunity for locals and strengthens border tourism,” Lumla MLA Tsering Lhamu said. 
<br /> <br /> Army officers described the bridge-to-bistro project as a first-of-its-kind in the North-East — heritage infrastructure repurposed for modern use, with community at the centre. Eastern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen RC Tiwari hailed troops’ efforts, calling it a living example of Operation Sadbhavna’s push for goodwill and socio-economic lift in border belts.</div>

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