CAG flags flaws in road project on Nepal border
A project to build over 1,300 km of roads along the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar, UP and Uttarakhand has been found to be poorly designed, marred by cost overruns and inordinate delays due to land acquisition and forest clearance issues. The observations were made by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in a report that was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
The government in November 2010 took up the construction of 1,377 km of roads along the Indo-Nepal Border in Bihar (564 km), Uttar Pradesh (640 km) and Uttarakhand (173 km) at a cost of ?3,853 crore.
