Leh, Dec. 7 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday stressed the Centre's commitment to holistic development of border areas saying that the constant effort of the government is to strengthen communication and connectivity in the border areas, including Ladakh.

The Defence Minister asserted that the government and organisations like Border Roads Organisations (BRO) is working with full enthusiasm for the holistic development of border areas.

"Our constant effort has always been that, including Ladakh, all border areas, our communication and connectivity with them should become even stronger. If I give another example in front of you, then just recently, during the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, I inaugurated a 200 kilowatt Green hydroge...