NEW DELHI, April 27: There is no proposal with the Indian Government for construction of another tier of fence along the Line of Control in occupied Kashmir, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. During the question hour in the upper house of the parliament, the minister said that construction of 734km of fence on the LoC had been completed in September last year at an expenditure of Rs3.15 billion.

Mr Mukherjee also said the Kelkar Committee report submitted on April 5 has recommended changes in defence acquisition and procurement process and the recommendations were under consideration.

Replying to a question, he said 767 obsolete Vijayanta tanks has been offered for disposal through e-auction by Metal and Scrap Trading Corporation, adding that these tanks would be stripped of guns, communication and surveillance equipment.—APP