February 19, 2010 6:14 PM

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HM to lay foundation stone of first integrated check post at Attari

Home Minister P Chidambaram will tomorrow lay foundation stone of country's first integrated check post at Attari. This will provide support facilities for smooth cross-border movement of people, goods and transport, at Attari along the Indo-Pak border. The Attari Integrated Check Post near Amritsar, spread over 130 acres of land, will be built up at a cost of 150 crore rupees.<br/><br/>The work at the state-of-the-art check post is expected to be completed by April 2011. The checkpost will have modular design, dedicated lanes for each process, separate gates for traffic across the border, self-evident routes, guide signages and administrative and facility area.<br/><br/>The check post will also have a passenger terminal building, currency exchange, internet facility, cargo process building, cargo inspection sheds, warehouse or cold storage, quarantine laboratory, clearing agents, banks, scanners, CCTV and PA System, isolation bay, parking, cafeteria and other public utilities. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports the setting up of International Check Posts (ICPs)along India's international border is a major initiative, which the government undertaken as part of a scheme with an initial outlay of 635 crore rupees during the 11th Five Year Plan. The Department of Border Management has finalised the Detailed Project Reports for 13 ICPs to be set up on the borders between India and Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar.

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