New Delhi: With China making strides in building of infrastructure along the border, India is fast-tracking the construction of strategic roads in the North East and Ladakh, completing much of the work and aiming to finish “bulk” of projects in two years.
Border Roads Organization (BRO) Director General Lt Gen S Ravi Shankar said high priority is being accorded to these projects which are closely monitored at the highest level.
“We are responsible for maintenance of 15,000 kilometers of roads in border areas.
We have also built 19 airfields and 36 kilometers of bridges on these important roads,” he said. About 63 per cent of work on 27 roads in Arunachal Pradesh and 12 in Ladakh is complete, he told reporters here. “By 2013, we would be able to complete work on bulk of the roads.
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