<span style="color: #222222;">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for the construction of Underpasses at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, via video conferencing from New Delhi on Monday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the ceremony, Mr Singh said, it is strange that it took 40 years to get a green signal for the construction of these underpasses which will facilitate seamless movements among the three campuses of the Academy.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As of now, traffic signals are an impediment for the trainee cadets to smoothly cross from one side to the other.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Singh said, alternatively, this is also a hassle for the local people during the movements of IMA cadets. With the rise in population of Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, the movement of traffic has increased causing frequent traffic jams.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, the construction of the underpasses will ease traffic flow on NH-72. Besides the people of Dehradun, the underpasses will also greatly benefit the people of other parts of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.</span>