(a) the details of the funds allocated for the Border Area Development in the country during each of the last three years; State-wise;
(b) the details of the works undertaken under the programme, State-wise;
(c) year-wise allocation since 1998-99 for construction of Border Roads along the Indo-Bangladesh border; and
(d) the position of four feeder roads specially Gumrah-Natanpur Road and Baleshwar Bridge at Cachar District of Assam?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI I.D. SWAMI)
(a) & (b): The details of funds allocated under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) during the last three years, State-wise, are given at Annexure-I. The schemes undertaken under the Programme are decided by the State Level Screening Committees under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of the concerned State Government. The schemes taken up relate to various sectors like education, health, agriculture, social and infrastructure including rural sanitation, electrification, strengthening of existing roads etc.
(c): The year-wise allocation of funds for construction of boundary roads under the Indo-Bangladesh Border fencing and roads project are given at Annexure-II.
(d): The construction of a bund-com-road on the right bank of River Surma and composite fencing on it for a length of 35 Kms. has been approved as part of the Indo-Bangladesh Border fencing & roads project. Improvement of four feeder roads from the
National Highway to the proposed Indo-Bangladesh Border road for a stretch from BP No. 1341 to BP No. 1348 were proposed to be taken for improvement as a part of Indo-Bangladesh Border fencing and road project. These roads are village/State PWD roads and out of these, the Baleshwar RCC bridge falls on Gumrah-Natanpur road which is a State PWD road. The matter has been considered and the inclusion of these roads/bridges in the Indo-Bangladesh Border works will depend upon the essentiality of these roads/bridges for the BSF.
ANNEXURE-I
Funds allocated under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) during the last three years
(Figures in crores of Rupees)
Name of the State Year
1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
Arunachal Pradesh 13.00 13.51 13.51 Assam 7.20 7.48 7.48 Bihar 7.00 7.28 7.28 Gujarat 9.87 10.26 10.26 Himachal Pradesh 4.00 4.16 4.16 Jammu & Kashmir 33.52 34.85 34.85 Manipur 4.00 4.16 4.16 Meghalaya 4.52 4.70 4.70 Mizoram 8.00 8.32 8.32 Nagaland 4.00 4.16 4.16 Punjab 9.70 10.08 10.08 Rajasthan 7.17# 30.32 30.32 Sikkim 5.50 5.72 5.72 Tripura 12.47 12.96 12.96 Uttaranchal Nil 4.16 4.16 Uttar Pradesh 12.00 8.32 8.32 West Bengal 38.05 39.56 39.56
Total 210.00 210.00 210.00
# includes Rs.8.00 crores for Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (IGNP).
ANNEXURE-II
Year-wise allocation since 1998-99 for construction of Border Roads along the Indo-Bangladesh border
(Figures in lacs of Rupees)
Name of the State Year
1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
Ph.-I ph.-I Ph.I Ph.II Total Ph.I Ph.II Total
Assam 1220.00 1000.00 1100 1100 nil 1286 1286 West Bengal 4855.00 5685.00 4100 4100 2465 2465 Meghalaya 150.00 135.00 200 9.75 209.75 133 451.08 584.08 Tripura 2125.00 1200.00 2000 2000 1175 1175 Mizoram 640.00 730.00 520 18.00 538.00 262 1123 1385
Total: 8990.00 8750.00 7920 27.75 7947.75 4035 2860.08 6895.08
Note: Work under Phase-II was sanctioned in June, 2000.