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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.
In addition, it has also given nod for additional sanction of Rs 71
