More than 6000 kms of border roads to be constructed during 2016-18

Ministry of Defence   03-May, 2016 13:30 IST

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is entrusted with 837 roads measuring 29,417 km for construction/ maintenance. The State wise details of these roads in the country are as below:

 

S. No	State	Nos of Roads		Length in Km
i	Andaman and Nicobar	1		23.94
ii	Arunachal Pradesh	138		6215.25
iii	Assam	7		194.22
iv	Himachal Pradesh	23		1068.93
v	Jammu and Kashmir	364		9296.88
vi	Manipur	22		1851.51
vii	Mizoram	15		1046.50
viii	Nagaland	16		1018.20
ix	Punjab	20		330.97
x	Rajasthan	134		5462.85
xi	Sikkim	60		1196.47
xii	West Bengal	3		110.80
xiii	Tripura	6		469.54
xiv	Uttrakhand	28		1131.01
Total			837		29417.07
			Approx.		29,417

 

519 roads of length measuring 22,225 km are under construction /improvement by BRO. Out of which, 21 roads of length measuring 967 km have been completed. The completion schedule of the balance roads is as under: 

·         2016                                  -           44 roads (1391 km)

·         2017                                  -           65 roads (1758km)

·         2018                                  -           91 roads (2947km)

·         Beyond 2018                     -           298 roads (15,162 km)

 There are certain delays in execution of road projects mainly due to the following reasons:

·         Delay in Forest/Wildlife clearance

·         Hard rock stretches.

·         Limited working season.

·         Difficulties in availability of construction material.

·         Delay in land acquisition.

The cost incurred by BRO in the last three years on construction of border roads and maintenance is given below:

 

Year	Construction / improvement of roads                       (Rs in Crores)	Maintenance of roads                     (Rs in Crores)
2013-14	3009	634
2014-15	2814	688
2015-16 upto February 2016	2573	571

Cost escalation due to time over run   is considered on case to case basis. However, escalation of cost year wise due to delay in construction is not maintained separately for  the works under taken by BRO.   

BRO undertakes works on roads through departmental execution by utilizing its own resources. However, some stretches of roads, few bridges and tunnels are executed through outsourcing.