Government approves additional Rs 1,691 crore for highway works in J&K, Uttarakhand for 2020-21
NEW DELHI: The government has approved an additional Rs 1,691 crore for highway works by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand for 2020-21. Of this, Rs 1,351.10 crore has been sanctioned to BRO for road works in Jammu & Kashmir, the road transport and highways ministry said in a communication to Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) Director General Lt Gen Harpal Singh.
A total of Rs 340 crore ceiling has been approved for Uttarakhand for national highways, according to the communication dated June 24.
