Chandigarh, Aug. 4 -- The state's road construction projects have fallen behind schedule due to a shortage of bitumen, agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian told the House on Monday. Replying to a question from Ghanour MLA Gurlal Singh on the condition of link roads in his constituency, Khudian said that 13 link roads are being constructed in the border adjoining Haryana. "The supply of bitumen has been affected due to the US-Iran conflict," he said. Replying to a separate question from Jalalabad MLA Jagdeep Singh Goldy, revenue minister Hardip Singh Mundian said 414 land consolidation cases are pending in the state and a regular court has been set up for their disposal. Responding to a question from LoP Partap Singh Bajwa, education minister Harjot Singh Bains shared the department's vacancy data. "There are 1,950 sanctioned posts of teachers in the primary cadre, out of which 1,754 have been filled; the master cadre has 59,513 sanctioned posts out of which 39,135 have been filled and in lecturer cadre from 14,130 sanctioned posts 10,397 have been filled," Bains said.HTC...