MILITARY ACTIVITY BAGHDOGRA/SILIGURI AREA INDIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 1, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION MEMORANDUM
MILITARY ACTIVITY
BAGHDOGRA/SILIGURI AREA
INDIA
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TCS -20072/70
JANUARY 1970
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
MILITARY ACTIVITY
BAGHDOGRA/SILIGURI AREA
INDIA
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26-47-20N
088.20-10E
088-26-30E
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150 bldgs, radio station,
75 tents
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Baghdogra Ammunition Storage
Area North*
26-44-45 N
94 storage bldgs, 23
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Baghdogra Military Barracks
North* (Figure 2)
240 bldgs, 40 bldgs
ucon, 100 tents
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Baghdogra Military Camp*
100 bldgs, 72 bldgs
ucon, 43 tents
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Baghdogra Military Area NE
26-43-OON
280 bldgs, 100 tents
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088-21-05 E
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Baghdogra Airfield
26-41-OON
96 bldgs, 1 concrete
088-19-20E
runway
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Baghdogra Barracks and
26-41.05N
97 bldgs, 10 tents
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Storage Area WSW
088-18-50E
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Baghdogra Military Camp SE
26-40-30N
26 bldgs, 58 tents
088-22-15E
4'Construction activity new since
**Coordinates derived from photograp Y. of er coordinates taken from BE/TDI).
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FIGURE 1. INSTALLATIONS IN THE BAGHDOGRA-SILIGURI MILITARY COMPLEX, INDIA
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MILITARY ACTIVITY, BAGHDOGRA-SILIGURI AREA,. INDIA
India is continuing the expansion of its military facilities in
West Bengal State, according to photography of Three of
the nine facilities in the Baghdogra-Siliguri military complex (Figure 1)
are currently being expanded. Construction has been recently reported at
Binnaguri Station Military Area* and Hasimara Airfield.**
The Baghdogra-Siliguri military complex is located in the strategic
Siliguri Pass area of West Bengal State, the narrowest point between
Nepal and East Pakistan and is also only 47 nautical miles southwest of
the point at which the Chinese invaded Sikkim in 1962. The complex
includes a major airfield, an ammunition storage area and seven barracks/
storage areas containing a total of 1,648 buildings (135 of which are
under construction) and 426 tents. The complex has been slowly and
continuously expanded since 1962 with construction concentrated in four
new facilities north of Baghdogra Airfield. Construction at two of these
facilities is shown in Figure 2.
There has been no expansion of Baghdogra Airfield which presently
contains a 2,499- x 43-meter (8,200 x 140 ft) concrete runway. The
airfield is reportedly used by the Indian Air Force as a support base
for airdropping supplies into the Northeast Frontier Agency.
The road network in the Baghdogra-Siliguri area remains unchanged
except for several new service roads within the military complex. A
new rail spur is in early stages of construction east of the airfield.
NPIC Project llll08NH
*NPIC. TCS 20068/70, Expansion of Binnaguri Station Military Area,
India, Feb 1970 (TOP SECRET RUFF
*NPIC. TCS 20033/70, Expansion of Hasimara Airfield, India, Jan 1970
(TOP SECRET RUFF)
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FIGURE 2. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, BAGHDOGRA-SILIGURI AREA, INDIA
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