Construction Of Bunkers Along LOC
2018-03-14 Announcements Construction Northern India
The Ministry of Home Affairs had approved a pilot project for construction of 60 bunkers at a cost of Rs. 3 crore during the year 2016-17 which has since been completed. Recently, following the visit of Home Minister, the Government of India has approved construction of another 14460 bunkers at a cost of Rs.415.73 crore, the details of which are given in the Table.
District | No. of Community Bunkers | No. of Individual Bunkers |
Samba | 8 | 2515 |
Jammu | 120 | 1200 |
Kathua | 243 | 3076 |
Poonch | 688 | 1320 |
Rajouri | 372 | 4918 |
The cost of construction of these bunkers will be reimbursed to the State Government. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.