Lok Sabha Question No. 1640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Roads Maintained by BRO
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1640

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## ROADS MAINTAINED BY BRO

1640.  SHRI  NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  poor  condition  of roads  maintained  by  Border  Road  Organisation  (BRO)  from  various  States  /  UTs including Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government or Border Road Organisation in this regard?

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MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): Yes,  Madam.    During  current  financial  year,  Border  Roads Organisation (BRO) has received few complaints regarding poor condition of roads maintained by BRO.

The details of complaints received and action taken by BRO are given as under:-

|   S. No. | Complaint received                                                          | Reference                                     | Action taken by BRO                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|        1 | Padampur-Dabla- Jetpur road in Rajasthan (Congested road width for traffic) | Shri Nihal Chand (LokSabha MP Sri Ganganagar) | Widening of road to NHDL specification is not on priority as per operational perspective, however, construction of one culvert has been completed and necessary maintenance works have been carried out to make the |
|        2 | Padampur-Dabla- Jetpur road in Rajasthan (Damaged berms of road stretch)    | Shri Surendra Pal Singh TT (State Minister)   | Widening of road to NHDL specification is not on priority as per operational perspective, however, construction of one culvert has been completed and necessary maintenance works have been carried out to make the |

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|   S. No. | Complaint received                                                                                                                        | Reference                                                                                     | Action taken by BRO                                                                |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        3 | Padampur-Dabla- Jetpur road in Rajasthan (Poor condition of road surface on stretch 32 ML-Padampur)                                       | Shri Nihal Chand (LokSabha MP Sri Ganganagar)                                                 | As above                                                                           |
|        4 | Sansari-Killer-Thirot- Tandi road in Himachal Pradesh for Improvement of road surface/black top of road from Tandi-Thirot i.e. Km 0 to 30 | Ramesh Kumar Rualba, Chairman ZilaParisad, Lahoul&Spiti (HP)                                  | Necessary maintenance works have been carried out to make the road traffic worthy. |
|        5 | Khangral-Sanjak road in J&K (Damages on newly laid black topping of road betweenKm 5 to 10.00)                                            | Shri ZakirHussain, Executive Councillor, Health, Agriculture, Revenue & Forest, LAHDC, Kargil | Presently road stretch is covered with snow.                                       |

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