Government is aware of urgent need of road infrastructure along the international borders in the country. As per the operational requirement of Army, 530 roads of length 22,803 km are identified for construction/improvement by Border Roads Organisation (BRO). During last three years, formation cutting of 3702 km equivalent Class-9, surfacing of 6296 km equivalent Class-9, permanent works worth Rs 3558 crores and major bridges of 6088 m length have been carried out.

The Government has taken following measures to improve the pace of execution of road infrastructure projects in the border areas:-

• States of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have constituted the Empowered Committee to resolve the issues pertaining to land acquisition and forest clearances.
• Outsourcing has been allowed to augment the capacity of BRO.
• Enhanced financial and administrative powers have been given to the executives   of BRO.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri A. Vijayakumar in Rajya Sabha today.

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