The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved construction and up-gradation of strategic roads along Indo-Nepal border in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar after consultations with the concerned State Governments. The approved roads totaling to about 1377 km include 173 km in Uttarakhand, 640 km in Uttar Pradesh and 564 km in Bihar.
In addition to this, three roads adding up to a total length of 202.65 km - Pithoragarh-Tawaghat, Tawaghat-Ghatibagarh and Ghatibagarh-lipulekh - are entrusted to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for development in the State of Uttarakhand near to the Indo-Nepal border. The land required for construction of the roads approved by the MHA is to be acquired by the State Government concerned.
In case of BRO, 278.384 hectare of Government land and 3.470 hectare of private land has been acquired through State Government for three roads entrusted to BRO in State of Uttarakhand. This information was given by Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Jagdambika Pal in the lok Sabha.