According to the latest Ministry of Defence (MoD) data, 73 roads were identified under ICBR, out of which 61 had been entrusted to Border Roads Organisation (BRO) with a length of 3417 km.
Only 20 odd percent of the strategically critical Indo-China border roads (ICBR), that were planned to be constructed by 2012 has been ready so far, even as the deadline gets pushed to 2020 now.
According to the latest Ministry of Defence (MoD) data, 73 roads were identified under ICBR, out of which 61 had been entrusted to Border Roads Organisation (BRO) with a length of 3417 km.
This was planned to be completed by 2012 but so far, only 22 roads of length 707.74 km are completed. And the revised completion schedule of the entire 39 ICBRs now stands delayed to 2020. The delayed project hampers India's capacity building along the China border even as the latter has been aggressively ramping up its infrastructure.
The project was cleared by the UPA government in 2006-07.
Under the new target set, while five of these roads are to be completed by 2016, 12 by 2018, eight by 2019 and six by 2020.
Soon after coming to the power in 2014, the NDA government's Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) gave the general approval under section 2 of forest (conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land required for construction and widening of roads entrusted to BRO. This general approval is for the area falling within 100 kilometers aerial distance from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and for link roads between border roads in the area within 100 kilometer aerial distance from the LAC and national highways or state highways . This means that the projects do not fall under the purview of Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 which mandates a statutory public hearing by the respective district collectors.
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday told Parliament that the government has allowed BRO to outsource some of their work to expedite the construction and the states of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura have constituted Empowered Committees to resolve issues related to land acquisition and forest or wildlife clearances.
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