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Govt to construct 44 ‘strategically important’ roads along India-China border

Press Trust of india by Press Trust of india
January 15, 2019
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New Delhi, Jan 13 :  The government will construct 44 strategic roads along the border with China and over 2100 km of axial and lateral roads in Punjab and Rajasthan, abutting Pakistan, a CPWD document shows

According to an annual report (2018-19) prepared, and released earlier this month by the Central Public Works Department, the agency has been asked to construct 44 “strategically important” roads along the India-China border to ensure quick mobilisation of troops in case of a conflict

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The nearly 4000-km-long Line of Actual Control between India and China touches areas from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh

The report comes at a time China is giving a priority to projects along its India borders. Last year, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in a face-off at the Doklam tri-junction after the neighbouring country had begun building road in the area.?

The standoff ended on August 28 following a mutual agreement under which China stopped the construction of the road and India withdrew its troops

The report stated that these 44 strategically road along the India-China border will be constructed at a cost of nearly Rs 21,000 crore

“The CPWD has been entrusted with construction of 44 strategically important roads along the Indo-China Border spanning 5 states of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh,” the report stated

“The total Cost of work as per DPRs (Detailed Project Reports) is Rs 21,040 crores (approx.),” the report stated

It said the process of approval of DPRs by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is underway

The CPWD report also stated that lateral and axial roads measuring over 2,100 kilometers will be built with a cost of around Rs 5,400 crore in Rajasthan and Punjab along the Indo-Pakistan border

The DPRs for this project are under preparation in CPWD, which is a major construction agency of the central government

“A total of 945 km of lateral roads and 533 km of axial roads lie in Rajasthan (tentative cost Rs 3,700 crores) and 482 km of lateral roads and 219 km of axial roads in Punjab (tentative cost Rs 1,750? crores),” it stated

The road projects will secure the vast and remote border areas of Rajasthan and Punjab, it stated

India’s border with Pakistan runs through four states, Jammu and Kashmir (1,225 km, which includes 740 km of Line of Control), Rajasthan (1,037 km), Punjab (553 km) and Gujarat (508 km).

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