Lok Sabha Question No. 1394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: BRO Projects
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1394

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  MARCH, 2016

## BRO  PROJECTS

1394.  DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of road construction projects implemented in the country during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received complaints regarding dilapidated condition of  roads maintained by BRO; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

j{kk ea=h

¼Jh euksgj ijhZdj½

<!-- image -->

- (a) State wise details of number of roads on which work executed during last three years in the country is given at Appendix-'A'.
- (b) & (c): Complaints  have  been  received  regarding  bad  condition  and poor  maintenance  of  road  by  Border  Roads  Organisation  (BRO)  in  the States of Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Manipur.

Roads constructed and maintained by the BRO, being located in wide range of geographic conditions, receiving high rainfall, melting snows and slide prone areas due to high degree of slope and fragile geological strata, get occasionally damaged affecting the riding quality.

……2/-

:  2  :

- The  complaints  regarding  bad  condition  and  poor  maintenance  of roads are addressed by BRO expeditiously. The following institutional mechanisms have been put in place by the Government to these complaints: (i) DGBR has been delegated powers to fix rates for maintenance and  snow  clearance  grants  and  carry  out  revision  whenever required. Inspection  of  works  on  roads  are  carried  out  regularly  by executives  at  Project  and  Task  Force  level  and  the  damaged
- (ii) roads are repaired regularly.

*******

## APPENDIX-'A'  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1394  FOR ANSWER ON 4.3.2016

## Appendix 'A' REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUSETION NO.1394 FOR ANSWER ON 4.3.2016 STATE WISE DETAILS OF WORKS EXECUTED BY BRO DURING LAST THREE YEARS

| S/No                 | State            | No of roads in which works   |                            |                            | YEAR (KM                   | WISE                          | WORKS                         | EXECUTED                      | DURING 2012-13,        | 2013-14 AND (RS        | 2014-15 IN             |                              |                              |                              |
|----------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S/No                 | State            | executed                     | FORMATION WORKS EQVT CL-9) | FORMATION WORKS EQVT CL-9) | FORMATION WORKS EQVT CL-9) | SURFACING WORKS (KM EQVTCL-9) | SURFACING WORKS (KM EQVTCL-9) | SURFACING WORKS (KM EQVTCL-9) | PERMANENT WORKS LAKHS) | PERMANENT WORKS LAKHS) | PERMANENT WORKS LAKHS) | MAJOR PERMANENT BRIDGE (MTR) | MAJOR PERMANENT BRIDGE (MTR) | MAJOR PERMANENT BRIDGE (MTR) |
| S/No                 | State            | executed                     | 2012-13                    | 2013-14                    | 2014-15                    | 2012-13                       | 2013-14                       | 2014-15                       | 2012-13                | 2013-14                | 2014-15                | 2012-13                      | 2013-14                      | 2014-15                      |
| 01                   | J&K              | 177 607.14                   | 577.34                     | 403.90                     |                            | 664.30                        | 570.92                        | 505.61                        | 31994.90               | 34973.63               | 27300.60               | 739.48                       | 785.30                       | 656.52                       |
| 02 Uttrakhand        | 29               |                              | 141.62 160.79              |                            | 118.14                     | 73.20                         | 38.36                         | 75.31                         | 6896.51                | 8681.67                | 7612.96                | 277.96                       | 152.85                       | 116.53                       |
| 03                   | Himachal Pradesh | 14                           | 92.08 115.74               |                            | 92.37                      | 77.54                         | 44.56                         | 41.09                         | 17307.00               | 20653.09               | 15023.78               | 182.07                       | 278.32                       | 133.81                       |
| 04                   | Rajasthan/PB     | 35                           | 138.04                     | 116.43                     | 95.28                      | 727.71                        | 754.00                        | 567.97                        | 1404.44                | 1577.84                | 1555.48                | 51.50                        | 33.14                        | 47.24                        |
| 05 Sikkim/WB         | 36               |                              | 67.89 123.07               |                            | 102.08                     | 47.11                         | 92.38                         | 181.87                        | 4800.77                | 7765.61                | 8177.67                | 87.28                        | 82.86                        | 56.29                        |
| 06 Arunachal Pradesh | 105              | 354.90                       | 230.99                     | 273.60                     | 464.82                     |                               | 423.66                        | 396.22                        | 21027.68               | 27792.60               | 20727.45               | 825.84                       | 825.22                       | 522.00                       |
| 07 Nagaland          | 7                | 58.72                        | 66.46                      | 48.85                      | 31.01                      |                               | 29.35                         | 65.41                         | 1897.62                | 2527.59                | 1677.95 36.31          |                              | 15.99                        | 23.30                        |
| 08 Manipur           | 20               | 68.71                        | 66.18                      | 68.27                      | 124.20                     |                               | 92.51                         | 99.88                         | 3561.86                | 1893.60                | 3501.37                | 135.20                       | 50.69                        | 2.55                         |
| 09 Mizoram           | 12               | 66.73                        | 28.45                      | 47.88                      | 22.08                      |                               | 20.71                         | 16.91                         | 1403.14                | 515.48 3087.31         | 62.80                  | 34.03                        |                              | 2.49                         |
| 10 Assam             | 7                |                              | 33.20 26.05                | 1.57                       |                            | 122.02                        | 89.68                         | 10.02                         | 1485.23                | 2746.18                | 244.02 51.34           |                              | 17.10                        | 0.00                         |
| 11 Tripura           | 8                |                              | 4.26 12.21                 | 23.97                      |                            | 20.88                         | 12.63                         | 20.21                         | 2095.41                | 820.32                 | 1344.28                | 12.17                        | 19.07                        | 9.36                         |
|                      | Total            | Total                        | 1633.29                    | 1523.71                    | 1275.91                    | 2374.86                       | 2168.75                       | 1980.50                       | 93874.55               | 109947.61              | 90252.87               | 2461.94                      | 2294.57                      | 1570.09                      |

********