Question : BORDER ROADS

(a) whether the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has undertaken/proposes to undertake any road projects in the States of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the names of the States in the country where branches of the BRO are located;

(d) whether more branches of the BRO are proposed to be set up in the country; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)

(a) No, Madam.

(b) Does not arise.

(c) Branches (Projects) of Border Roads Organisation are located in the State of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

(d) There is no such proposal at present.

(e) Does not arise.