Launched in 2010, Indo-Nepal border road project is only 29% complete: CAG
2 years, 11 months ago

Launched in 2010, Indo-Nepal border road project is only 29% complete: CAG

India TV News  

Launched in 2010, Indo-Nepal border road project is only 29% complete: CAG CAG said that the government in November 2010 took up the construction of roads along the Indo-Nepal Border in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand at a cost of Rs 3,853 crore. It said that the construction of 1,377-km-long Indo-Nepal border road that started in 2010 is still 29 per cent complete. In a report submitted to the Parliament, the CAG said that the government in November 2010 took up the construction of roads along the Indo-Nepal Border in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand at a cost of Rs 3,853 crore. Further, the advances and interest thereon aggregating Rs 136.60 crore for mobilisation advance and equipment advance are yet to be recovered from the contractors in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the CAG said, adding due to the slow progress of construction of roads, the project's costs were increased by Rs 831.30 crore in 21 stretches.

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Strengthening border security: India to build 1,450 km of asphalt roads along the Indo-Pak border
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Strengthening border security: India to build 1,450 km of asphalt roads along the Indo-Pak border

New Indian Express  

BSF Inspector General ML Garg said that Rajasthan alone will see the construction of 1,096 km of roads, while the remaining 354 km will be laid in Punjab. Currently, BSF soldiers face difficulties patrolling the border due to shifting sand dunes and rough terrain. Faster vehicular movement will also reduce response time between border outposts. The Central Public Works Department …

Union cabinet approves 8 major highway projects worth ₹50,655 crore
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Union cabinet approves 8 major highway projects worth ₹50,655 crore

Op India  

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the development of eight access-controlled national highway projects with a total length of 936 km. The eight projects are 6-Lane Agra-Gwalior highway, 4-Lane Kharagpur – Moregram, 6-Lane Tharad – Deesa – Mehsana – Ahmedabad, 6-Lane Tharad – Deesa – Mehsana – Ahmedabad, 4-Lane Section between Pathalgaon and Gumla of …

Plan to lay 7,213 km roads with Rs 4,976 cr in Andhra villages
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Plan to lay 7,213 km roads with Rs 4,976 cr in Andhra villages

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The State government has embarked on a mission to construct 7,213 km roads with Rs 4,976 crore in rural areas, said Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. Explaining the Rural Road Project taken up with AIIB aid, the officials said it was launched in 2018-19 to construct roads to all villages with more than 250 population. In order to take …

How India is racing to secure its borders against China
1 year, 6 months ago

How India is racing to secure its borders against China

India Today  

Indian reaction to Chinese infrastructure activity on the Line of Actual Control as well as along the McMahon Line in the Northeast has picked up over the past few years, especially since the Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh between Indian and Chinese troopers in June 2020. In line with India’s continued infrastructure push at the borders, defence minister Rajnath …

How India is building up against China with 90 border infra projects
1 year, 6 months ago

How India is building up against China with 90 border infra projects

India Today  

The news that Chinese president Xi Jinping would skip the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi from September 9-10 dashed hopes of a bilateral meeting between him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where they could have further exten­ded their discussion of a fortnight ago. Meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 24, Modi and Xi …

CAG highlights irregularities in construction of Dwarka Expressway
1 year, 7 months ago

CAG highlights irregularities in construction of Dwarka Expressway

Live Mint  

The Comptroller and Auditor General on Monday flagged the exceeding cost of Dwarka Expressway, a project under the Centre's Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-1. CAG report mentioned that the 14-lane national highway which was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in 2017 has a very high per km cost at ₹250.77 crore. The Ministry of Road and Transport justified the …

Indore: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasises on the benefits of electric mobility
2 years, 7 months ago

Indore: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasises on the benefits of electric mobility

Firstpost  

Politicians should think 50 years ahead, as government officials only do patch work, the union minister said. Foundation stone for five road projects, worth Rs 2,300 crore laid by him in Indore Indore: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday stressed on the need to reduce the use of diesel in the public transport system and said the fare in electric …

Govt: Over 2,000 KM Road Constructed Along China Border At Rs 15,477 Crore In Last 5 Years
2 years, 8 months ago

Govt: Over 2,000 KM Road Constructed Along China Border At Rs 15,477 Crore In Last 5 Years

ABP News  

The government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that it spent Rs 15,477 crore in the last five years to construct 2,088.57 km of roads in areas bordering China. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said in total, the government spent Rs 20,767 crore in constructing 3,595 km of border roads in border areas along China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and …

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders
3 years ago

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders

News 18  

While cross-border terrorism and crimes remain major concerns, by 2023 the Narendra Modi-led Centre will have spent close to Rs 7,000 crore since 2020 to transform the infrastructure at and manage five key borders. In 2020, the central government approved the construction of 32 India-China Border Roads -II, measuring 683.12 km, at an estimated cost of Rs 12,434.90 crore. Similarly, …

UP Cabinet gives nod to 594-km Ganga Expressway construction
3 years, 6 months ago

UP Cabinet gives nod to 594-km Ganga Expressway construction

India Today  

On Thursday, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet gave its nod to the construction of the Rs 36,230-crore, 594-km Ganga Expressway, arguably the longest road link in the country. Under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s chairmanship, the state Cabinet gave its nod to the Request for Proposal and Request for Quotation of four packages of the project which will pave the way for …

Anomalies in Indo-Nepal border road construction hit SSB mobility: CAG
3 years, 7 months ago

Anomalies in Indo-Nepal border road construction hit SSB mobility: CAG

Hindustan Times  

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its audit report has claimed that shortcomings in preparatory works, project execution, monitoring and financial management by Uttar Pradesh public works department in the construction of road along the Indo-Nepal border under Indo-Nepal Border Road Project has led to non-fulfilment of the objective of the project—mobility of Sashastra Seema Bal to dominate …

Centre clears over ₹1,100 crore for more roads on Arunachal border
4 years, 1 month ago

Centre clears over ₹1,100 crore for more roads on Arunachal border

The Hindu  

The Union government has given the go-ahead for critical infrastructure development in Arunachal Pradesh at an estimated cost of more than ₹1,100 crore. The official said most projects were earmarked in areas along the China border in north and northeast part of Arunachal. Pace of development Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is a Member of Parliament from Arunachal, said …

Amid Standoff with China, India Builds Roads and Bridges in Eastern Ladakh for Winters
4 years, 5 months ago

Amid Standoff with China, India Builds Roads and Bridges in Eastern Ladakh for Winters

News 18  

Ligen Eliyas deftly turns the excavator’s hydraulic arm to push a huge boulder into the Zanskar river below in a cloud of dust, clearing another bit of land for a strategic highway that India is hurriedly building near the Chinese border. It highlights the efforts by India, which have been redoubled after the latest tensions, to develop key infrastructure – …

India to continue with infrastructure upgrade along the border
4 years, 8 months ago

India to continue with infrastructure upgrade along the border

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India and China may have taken a step back from their stand-off in Ladakh, but New Delhi is pressing ahead with plans to upgrade infrastructure along the country’s borders. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took stock of the border infrastructure development on Tuesday, a day after the two countries announced they had made preliminary headway in reducing tensions along …

After snubbing India on border clash, Nepal faces reality-check as Beijing encroaches its territory to construct roads in Tibet – Firstpost
4 years, 9 months ago

After snubbing India on border clash, Nepal faces reality-check as Beijing encroaches its territory to construct roads in Tibet – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Nepal and India’s relations have taken a turn decidedly for the worse, possibly for the first time since the ugly 2015 ‘blockade’, As Nepal is busy castigating India over ‘unilateral encroachment’ of its territory, China has been quietly changing course of rivers on Nepali land and building roads to erode Kathmandu’s territorial claims over land it deems part of Tibet. …

Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I approved at estimated outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore
5 years, 9 months ago

Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I approved at estimated outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore

India TV News  

Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I approved at estimated outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore A total length of 24,800 kilometres of National Highways has been considered in Phase-I as well as 10,000 km residual road works under the NHDP. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I was approved at an estimated outlay of Rs …

Govt to construct 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border. Here's why
6 years, 2 months ago

Govt to construct 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border. Here's why

India TV News  

The government is all set to construct 44 strategically important roads along the India-China border, a CPWD document has shown. 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. "The CPWD has been entrusted with construction of 44 strategically important roads along the …

Construction begins on a 150 KM road which will make it easier for Indian army to reach China border
7 years, 4 months ago

Construction begins on a 150 KM road which will make it easier for Indian army to reach China border

Op India  

The construction of an all weather 150 KM stretch from Tanakpur to Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand has begun, which as per reports would make it easier for the Indian armed forces to reach the Chinese border. Under this project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2016, the damaged 1100 KM long highways in the state would be turned into …

Construction begins for 150km road to make it easy for Army to reach China border
7 years, 4 months ago

Construction begins for 150km road to make it easy for Army to reach China border

India TV News  

The work on the all-weather road in Uttarakhand has begun with the construction of the 150-km Tanakpur-Pithoragarh stretch which will make it easier for the armed forces to mobilise troops and armaments to the India-China border, officials said on Monday. Mobilisation of forces and their armaments to the last posts on the India-China border in times of emergency will be …

Rajnath Singh to visit China-Indian border areas in Uttarakhand, interact with ITBP personnels
7 years, 6 months ago

Rajnath Singh to visit China-Indian border areas in Uttarakhand, interact with ITBP personnels

Firstpost  

Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit the China-Indian border area in Uttarakhand this week. New Delhi: Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit the China-Indian border area in Uttarakhand this week. Singh will also visit ITBP border outposts at Rimkhim, Mana and Auli during the four-day trip beginning 28 September, a home ministry official said. The home minister is expected to …

17 highway stretches on International Border will be capable of acting as airstrips, says Nitin Gadkari
7 years, 9 months ago

17 highway stretches on International Border will be capable of acting as airstrips, says Nitin Gadkari

Firstpost  

While the previous UPA government had sanctioned construction of 73 strategic roads along the border, Gadkari is scaling it up with timely completion. New Delhi: After decades of neglect, India is building roads, including 17 highway stretches, in areas near its international borders that will double up as airstrips, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. “People residing in border areas …

CAG criticizes slow pace of road construction along Indo-China border
8 years ago

CAG criticizes slow pace of road construction along Indo-China border

Live Mint  

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Friday criticized sluggish progress in the construction of strategically important roads being built by the Border Roads Organization along the Indo-China frontier. “It was observed that out of 61 ICBRs, only 15 roads were completed by 2012 and out of the balance 46 roads, only seven were completed by March 2016,” the …

A road to the border
8 years, 11 months ago

A road to the border

Deccan Chronicle  

In India, for any editor, there is a hierarchy in the news; I presume that the same is true the world over. The same report says: “The persistent efforts of BRO engineers have finally changed the scenario.” The road comes under Project Arunank, run by the Indian Army in five districts of Arunachal Pradesh. In October 2014, The Deccan Chronicle …

82% of the sino-indian roads are still not finished
9 years, 8 months ago

82% of the sino-indian roads are still not finished

India TV News  

In 2006-07, India approved the construction of 73 strategic Sino-Indian border roads, but 82% of these–scheduled to be ready by 2012–are unfinished. Rail plans still only plans, while China nears the border India envisages urgently building four rail lines in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir, stretching 1,352 km, to be built collectively by …

Govt plans to connect border areas with 5,000 road network-IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

Govt plans to connect border areas with 5,000 road network-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Govt plans 5000km long road network 'Bharat Mala' to connect borders New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has proposed to build a 5,000 kilometres of road network along the border and coastal areas under a scheme named ‘Bharat Mala'. The proposal is a move to New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has proposed to build a 5,000 kilometres …

Land acquisition issues delay road construction
10 years ago

Land acquisition issues delay road construction

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Road construction in the country could meet only about half of the target set for the current fiscal at 6,300km till January this year, owing to various factors including land acquisition issues, Parliament was informed on Monday. add_main_image“Against the target for construction under various schemes of the ministry during the current year, 3,038km have been constructed till 31 …

Budget focuses on road network on borders with China, Pakistan | IndiaTV News
10 years ago

Budget focuses on road network on borders with China, Pakistan | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: NDA government has in its infrastructure development initiatives focused on connecting with all weather roads along borders with nearly 100 per cent increase in allocation for construction of roads along Sino-India and Indo-Pak boundaries. Keeping in mind the facilitation of troops along the 4,056-km Sino-India border stretching from ‘Karakoram point' of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir to …

Out of 3,000 km, only 600 km strategic roads along Indo-Sino border constructed | India TV News
10 years ago

Out of 3,000 km, only 600 km strategic roads along Indo-Sino border constructed | India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Out of 3,000 km of strategic roads to be built along the India-China border, nearly 6,00 kilometres have been built till date. The erstwhile Congress-led UPA I government had in 2006-07 cleared the construction of 73 strategic roads along the India-China border. NDTV reported that crucial roads that are awaiting completion are alternate road connecting Tawang to Assam …

Road sector set for revolutionary changes in 2 years, says Gadkari
10 years, 6 months ago

Road sector set for revolutionary changes in 2 years, says Gadkari

Firstpost  

Gadkari said he was chairing the Infrastructure Group, appointed by the Prime Minister and most of the issues involving delays in forest and environment clearances, defence and railway objects New Delhi: In a bid to boost infrastructure development, the government plans to build 30 km of roads a day, remove hurdles facing Rs 1.5 lakh crore projects and bring a …

Centre approves Rs 1,756 cr road project in Gujarat
11 years, 5 months ago

Centre approves Rs 1,756 cr road project in Gujarat

Firstpost  

The total length of the road will be about 209.89 km, out of which 119.7 km will be four laned and 90.19 km will be two laned with paved shoulders, a release said. New Delhi: The government today approved a road project in Gujarat, entailing Rs 1,756 crore expenditure, under its flagship Gujarat under its flagship road building programme NHDP. …

Slow progress of check posts along Nepal border worries India
13 years, 8 months ago

Slow progress of check posts along Nepal border worries India

Hindustan Times  

Less than 15 months after work started on the integrated check post at Raxaul in Bihar on the Indo-Nepal border, New Delhi is worried about slow progress of work on the Nepal side. HT Image Work gap between Raxaul and Birganj in Nepal due to land acquisition and water management related problems has already delayed the project and is expected …

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