New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The government has more than tripled the budget to Rs.1,201 crore from Rs.380 crore for road construction and fencing of the India-Pakistan border, parliament was told Tuesday.
In a written reply to a question about road construction along borders, Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said: “Along Indo-Pakistan border, the government has approved revision of cost estimates in fencing, floodlighting, roads and Border Outposts works from the earlier sanctioned Rs.380 crore to Rs.1,201 crore.”

Some “1,915 km of fencing and 1,861 km of floodlighting works have been completed on the Indo-Pakistan border out of 2,043 km of fencing and 2,009 km of floodlighting sanctioned by the government”, he said.

Ramachandran said that the government has approved the revision of targets of fencing and road works on the border with Bangladesh.

“From earlier sanctioned works of 2,429 km for fencing and 797 km of roads, (it has been revised) to 2,579 km and 1,422 km, respectively, under phase-2,” he said.