The government's move to direct the Army to construct new foot-over bridges at the Elphinstone Road and other train stations in Mumbai has not gone down well in certain quarters of the country's defence establishment.
Several serving and retired officers were of the opinion that politicians were "increasingly misusing and politicising" the 13-lakh strong Army, whether it be to build bridges, clean waste left behind by tourists in high-altitude areas or act as the first responders - instead of the police - in law and order situations.
The Army is meant to guard the long unresolved borders with China and Pakistan as well as undertake counter-terrorism operations in "highly disturbed areas" like Jammu and Kashmir and the north-east.
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