Officials said such a road would ensure more effective surveillance and give better access to border patrols. The porous border with Nepal has been an area of concern for India.
The plan for a new road comes even as the government is looking to upgrade rail links between important towns that fall on the India-Nepal route in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. A series of modern integrated checkposts is also being planned, the first of which will come up at Raxaul in Bihar.
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