Delhi to construct 14,460 bunkers along ib, loc in j&k

The proposed bunkers along the international border as well as the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir will now be constructed directly by a central agency like the central public works

department or the national building construction corporation, union minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. The construction of these bunkers is being funded by the union home ministry, he

said while briefing media about some “important” projects to be undertaken in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast areas during 2018. Jitendra thanked the home minister Rajnath Singh for having

accepted the “request” to undertake the construction of bunkers along the IB and LoC in Jammu & Kashmir directly by a central agency in order to “avoid further delay and ensure

efficiency and transparency.” “The demand for construction of bunkers along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir had been consistently made by the BJP even when it was not in power

either in the state or at the Centre,” he said, adding that the Modi government “promptly considered the demand for construction of community bunkers, but the local people residing along the

borders also made a demand for individual bunkers.” “Finally, therefore, within the constraints of viability and feasibility, it was decided to have a combination of community bunkers as

well as individual bunkers and to begin with, the union home ministry formally conveyed to the state government the sanction of Rs 415.73 crore for construction of 14,460 bunkers,” he said.

Jitendra disclosed that the home ministry has written to the state government to submit a detailed list containing exact location of large community bunkers as well as a list of individual

bunkers as per the conditions and norms laid down for the purpose. He requested the government to expedite its response so that the execution of the work could be carried forward at the

earliest.