New Delhi
With India and China locked in an intense military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the government today sought Rs 1,200-crore increase in the budget for strategic roads in the border areas all along the LAC.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought Parliament’s nod for additional spending on border roads, as part of the overall supplementary grants for the ongoing fiscal, ending March 31, 2021.
In the Union Budget in February, a sum of Rs 3,050 crore was earmarked for roads in border areas. The addition of Rs 1,200 crore makes it a 39 per cent jump over the original allocation. — TNS
