Govt. plans matching roads in border belt

Keeping in mind the ongoing skirmishes on the border with China, the Union government has decided to build top-class road infrastructure across the country’s border belt. As a matter of fact, it is already working on an ambitious project to construct and improve 519 roads with a total length of 22,225 km in these areas, Minister of State for Defence, Subhash Bhamre said that the project is being implemented in 14 states and maximum road length of 7,122 km is in Jammu and Kashmir followed by Arunachal Pradesh with 5,267 km. The armed forces have been seeking strengthening of road infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir including Sikkim, considering their strategic importance and that the project is being implemented as part of a five year plan (2015-2020). He further claimed that 37 roads with a total length of 910 km are being strengthened in Sikkim.