On August 25, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha provided data on money allotted for Border Roads.
Rajya Sabha
The Ministry of Home Affairs has undertaken the construction of border roads along border fencing in the States of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram on IndoBangladesh border and in the State of Gujarat on Indo-Pakistan border. Construction of 27 roads for providing connectivity to Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Border out Posts has been undertaken in the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh along Indo-China border. Financial allocations for these schemes are made on the basis of physical progress and fund requirements of the construction agencies. Borderwise details of funds allocated, released and utilized during the last three years are as below:
Border
Indo-Bangladesh
Indo-Pakistan
Indo-China
Indo-Bangladesh border - Against the total sanctioned length of 4426 Km of border roads along Bangladesh border, construction of 3361 of roads has been completed leaving construction of balance 1065 Km of roads. Presently, construction of about 250 Km roads is under progress.
Indo-Pakistan border - Construction of 340 Km of border roads and 137 Km of link roads along Pakistan border in Gujarat sector has been sanctioned of which 294 Km of border roads and 136 Km of link roads have been completed. The construction of balance roads is currently under progress.
Indo-China border - Government has sanctioned construction of 27 strategic roads along Indo-China border involving a length of 804 Km in December, 2008. Construction work of 16 roads has already started after obtaining necessary statutory clearances including forest and wildlife clearances.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India