Lok Sabha Question No. 922 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-22
Subject: Construction of Roads in Border Areas
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ARKA KESHARI DEO, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.922

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  JULY, 2016

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN BORDER AREAS

SHRI  ARKA  KESHARI  DEO:

SHRI  KAUSHALENDRA  KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  construct  roads  along  borders  with  other countries on priority basis;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the fund allocated for the purpose during 20152016;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to construct 1500 km highway along with IndoChina Border in Arunachal Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  said  highway  will  connect  Tawang  to  Vijay  Nagar  on  border  near Myanmar, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the project cost and the time by which the project is likely to be completed?

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MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                      (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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(a) & (b): Yes, Madam.  A five year (2015-2020) Long Term Roll on Works Plan  (LTRoWP)  for  upgradation  /  new  construction  of  519  roads  as identified  by  Army  has  been  approved  for  execution  by  Border  Roads Organisation (BRO) in the border regions of the country.  State wise details

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of the roads are enclosed as Appendix-A.  The details of fund allocated for the construction / improvement of roads during 2015-16 is as under:-

| S. No.   | Agency                                                    |   Fund allocated during 2015-16 (Rs. in Crores) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| (i)      | Ministry of Defence (civil) (Non Plan)                    |                                         1922    |
| (ii)     | Ministry of Defence (civil) (Plan)                        |                                          287.8  |
| (iii)    | Ministry of Road Transport & Highways                     |                                          294    |
| (iv)     | Ministry of Defence, (Capital outlay on Defence services) |                                          430    |
| (v)      | Ministry of Home Affairs                                  |                                           60    |
| (vi)     | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region           |                                           10    |
|          | Total                                                     |                                         3003.38 |

(c) to (e): Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  is  considering  the  feasibility  for construction of a lateral road along the Indo-China border from Dirang to Vijaynagar  in  the  State  of  Arunachal  Pradesh  to  provide  livelihood  / connectivity  to  the  border  population  and  for  the  development  of  the border area.  The road from Tawang to Dirang already exists and is in use. The  proposal  is  at  feasibility  state,  due  to  which  the  project  cost  and completion time have not been worked out.

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APPENDIX-A  REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  922  FOR  ANSWER  ON 22.7.2016 STATE-WISE    DETAILS  OF  ROAD  ENTRUSTED  TO  BRO  IN  THE

## COUNTRY FOR UPGRADATION / NEW CONSTRUCTION:

| S. No.   | State             |   Nos. of roads |   Length (in km) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar |               1 |            23.94 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |             100 |          5267.51 |
| 3.       | Assam             |               4 |           100.61 |
| 4.       | Himachal Pradesh  |              11 |           924.52 |
| 5.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |             229 |          7122.47 |
| 6.       | Manipur           |              21 |          1838    |
| 7.       | Mizoram           |              11 |           888.44 |
| 8.       | Nagaland          |              10 |           841.18 |
| 9.       | Punjab            |              10 |           276.68 |
| 10.      | Rajasthan         |              54 |          2621.02 |
| 11.      | Sikkim            |              37 |           910.17 |
| 12.      | Tripura           |               2 |           201.04 |
| 13.      | Uttarakhand       |              27 |          1117.01 |
| 14.      | West Bengal       |               2 |            92.6  |
|          | Total             |             519 |         22225.2  |

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