New Delhi, February 12, (Scoop News)-Speaking at the 2 day Conference of Governors, chaired by President of India, Governor J&K, Sh. N.N. Vohra, stressed the need of very high importance being given to the rapid development of border areas in the three regions of J&K.
Pointing out that there can be no development without effective connectivity, the Governor stressed that J&K had a very poor road network, which leads to unsatisfactory and costly transport and very high unit costs of construction and other materials, including consumer items, essentially because of the very high transportation costs from the plains.
The Governor argued for a very large increase in the annual allocations for the Border Blocks under the Border Area Development Programme and at least a fourfold enlargement of BRO which, in its present form, cannot handle the very large work load which is required to be done.
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