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Mukesh Ranjan

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 18The Ministry of Home Affairs has informed the Lok Sabha that limited working season and logistical issues due to high altitude and environment/ wildlife clearances were the major reasons for failure to meet the deadline of 2012-13 to construct all 73 sanctioned roads with “operational significance” along the Sino-India border.Minister of State Kiren Rijiju said: “The government has decided to undertake construction of 73 roads of operational significance along the Indo-China border. Out of these, 46 are being constructed by the Ministry of Defence and 27 by the MHA.” Only 30 such projects had been completed so far, he added.