BRO restores snowbound Kishtwar–Sansari road, reconnects J&K’s Chenab Valley with Himachal
The road enables transport of essential commodities, agricultural produce, and trade between Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
The road enables transport of essential commodities, agricultural produce, and trade between Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
On The Statesman Talk podcast with Ananya Dasgupta, BRO DG Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, PVSM, VSM, talks about the work of the Border Roads Organisation, the infrastructure in border states along the LAC, and much more.
BRO DG Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, PVSM and VSM, shares details of the massive infra surge along India’s borders. He talks about closing the infra gap along the China border soon.
The BRO chief acknowledged that China was building quality infrastructure along the LAC. "Everyone asks this question about China... China is building very good roads. There is no two ways about that," he said.
Singh will inaugurate the Siyom Bridge near Boleng in Siang district and also virtually inaugurate 27 projects of the Border Roads Organisation.
The constructed bridge has resumed road communication of 66-kilometre road starting from Jauljibi to Munsiyari.
With the inauguration of the strategically vital road, over 80-km of tough Himalayan terrain, between the Mangti camp near Tawaghat and Gunji in the Vyas valley, and the security posts on the Indian side of the border, has become accessible.
Till now, the enclave of around 35 square kilometres had hitherto been connected via pontoon bridge of limited load capacity.
What tends to be overlooked, taken for granted, is the virtually constant battle to keep open that critical section of National Highway 1-A on which troops, military stores, food, fuel, etc are supplied from Srinagar.
Men and machinery of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were engaged in clearing the snow and landslides.
