The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is a road construction executive force in India that provides support to and is now a part of the

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. BRO develops and maintains road networks in India's border areas and friendly neighboring countries. This includes infrastructure operations in 19 states and three union territories (including

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) and neighboring countries such as

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and Sri Lanka. By 2022, BRO had constructed over of roads, over 450 permanent bridges with a total length of over length and 19 airfields in strategic locations. BRO is also tasked with maintaining this infrastructure including operations such as snow clearance.
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's Corps of Engineers on extra regimental employment (on deputation). The

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are attached to BRO task forces. BRO is also included in the

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of the Armed Forces, ensuring their support at any time. The organisations motto is ''Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam'' (everything is achievable through hardwork). BRO is instrumental in significantly upgrading and building new India-China Border Roads (ICBRs). With regard to ICBRs Vaishali S Hiwase is the first woman officer for BRO road projects along the border with China. BRO set a Guinness World Record in November 2021 for the "highest altitude road" at

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. BRO has been instrumental in constructing some of the great Engineering Marvels like

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, Atal setu, Col Chewang Rinchen Setu to name a few.

History

The BRO was formed on 7 May 1960 to secure India's borders and develop infrastructure in remote areas of the north and north-east states of the country. In order to ensure coordination and expeditious execution of projects, the Government of India set up the Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) with the prime minister as chairman of the board and with the defence minister as deputy chairman. Today, the board exercises the financial and other powers of a Department of Government of India and is chaired by the

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(Raksha Rajya Mantri, RRM). Among others, Chief(s) of Army and Air Staff, engineer-in-chief, Director General Border Roads (DGBR), FA(DS) are members of the BRDB. The secretary of the board exercises the powers of

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. The executive head of the BRO is the DGBR, who holds the rank of

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. In a bid to boost border connectivity, BRO has been entirely brought under the Ministry of Defence in 2015. Earlier it received funds from the Ministry of Surface Transport under the

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Organisation

The BRO consists of Border Roads Wing under the Ministry of Defense and the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF). Officers are selected through the Indian Engineering Services (IES) Examination conducted by the

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(UPSC). Few officers are also deputed from

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, who are posted to GREF on ERE. The GREF includes civil engineers, mechanical engineers, administrative officers and medical officers. The Border Roads Engineering Service (BRES) officers are governed by Central Civil Services (CCS/ CCA) Rules, 1965. They also subjected to all provisions of the

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and Army Rules, 1954 except a few exceptions as given in SRO 329 and SRO 330 both 23 September 1960. GREF is an integral part of the Armed Forces within meaning of Article 33 of the Constitution of India and members of GREF are also members of the Armed Forces as declared by the Supreme Court in respect of ''R. Viswan vs Union of India 1983'' and authorized for all benefits which are applicable to Armed Forces of India. The organisation's operations are spread across India,

, and

. The BRO includes 18 projects, which are divided into Task Forces, Road Construction Companies (RCCs), Bridge Construction Companies (BCCs), Drain Maintenance Companies (DMCs), and Platoons. The organisation also includes base workshops, store divisions, training and recruitment centers, and other staff. An Internal Financial Advisor (IFA) supports the BRO, performing the roles of Chief Accounts Officer and Internal Auditor. This system was introduced on 23 March 1995 to introduce efficiency and improve resource utilisation. The IFA secured

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certification in December 1999. The organisation employs laborers locally. No local labourer is deployed in BRO for more than 179 days at a stretch, thus keeping the nature of their employment casual.

Ranks

Director General of Border Roads

A list of the Director General of Border Roads (DGBR): # Maj Gen KN Dubey, PVSM # Maj Gen RA Loomba # Maj Gen Arjan Singh # Maj Gen JS Bawa, AVSM # Brig Gobinder Singh # Maj Gen VV Bhide, AVSM # Maj Gen JS Soin, PVSM # Maj Gen S Ahluwalia, AVSM # Maj Gen JM Rai, AVSM # Maj Gen JC Sachdeva, PVSM # Lt Gen MS Gosain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM # Lt Gen Maharaj Singh, PVSM, AVSM # Lt Gen Vimal Shinghal, PVSM, ADC # Lt Gen RJ Mordecai, PVSM, AVSM # Lt Gen AK Puri, PVSM, AVSM # Lt Gen Prakash Suri, PVSM # Lt Gen Ranjit Singh, SM # Lt Gen KS Rao, AVSM # Lt Gen AK Nanda, AVSM # Lt Gen MC Badhani, PVSM, VSM # Lt Gen S Ravi Shankar, VSM, PVSM # Lt Gen AT Parnaik, SM, VSM # Lt Gen RM Mittal, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM # Lt Gen Suresh Sharma, AVSM # Lt Gen SK Shrivastava, AVSM # Lt Gen Harpal Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM #Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry (''incumbent'')

Centres of excellence

In June 2021, the "Centre of Excellence for Road Safety & Awareness" and "Centre of Excellence for Roads, Bridges, Air Fields and Tunnels" were set up.

Role of the BRO

Roles of the BRO include: During Peace # To develop and maintain the operational road infrastructure of General Staff (GS) roads in the border areas. # To contribute to the socio-economic development of the border states. During War # To develop and maintain roads to keep line of control through in original sectors and re-deployed sectors. # To execute additional tasks as laid down by the government contributing to the war effort. BRO is entrusted for construction of roads, bridges, tunnels, causeways, helipads and airfields. The BRO is also in charge of maintenance of its road networks. In many places landslides, avalanches and snow block the routes and have to be cleared as quickly as possible. BRO also employs more than 200,000 casual paid labours in the task.

Yearly summary of roads constructed

Projects and initiatives

The BRO undertakes projects in India and friendly countries. These projects typically include developing roads, bridges, and airfields in hostile environments shunned by private enterprises, whether due to security concerns related to hostilities, or because of environmental challenges. BRO has been active during the 1962 war, the conflicts with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, and has also been active in anti-insurgency operations in the northeast. The BRO operates in 18 projects namely: Arunank, Beacon, Brahmank, Chetak, Deepak, Dantak (Bhutan), Himank, Hirak, Pushpak, Sampark, Setuk (currently non-functional), Sewak, Shivalik, Swastik, Udayak, Vartak and Vijayak.

Disaster management and reconstruction

The BRO also played a vital role in reconstruction work in the aftermath of the devastating 2004

tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater exp ...

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, the

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, and the 2010 Ladakh flash floods.

Overseas infrastructure development

Some of these projects carry out some of the development initiatives of the Indian government in foreign territories like Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Bhutan. These include the Delaram-Zaranj Highway in Afghanistan, completed and handed over to the Afghan government during 2008, and the restoration of the

Farkhor Farkhor ( tg, Фархор), also called Parkhar (russian: Пархар), is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, located on the border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of Farkhor District in Khatlon Region. The population of the town is 25,300 ...

and

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air bases in Tajikistan.

Border infrastructure development

In response to the ever-present security threat from Pakistan and increased incursions and rapid border infrastructure from China, India too is undertaking border infrastructure development.

Border roads

As per a July 2017 update to

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from the

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, construction of 73 completed strategic roads along the Sino-India border was approved in 2005 with initial and currently revised deadlines of 2012-2013 and 2019-2020 respectively, including 43 by the Ministry of Defence and 27 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, of which only 21 roads by March 2017 and 30 roads by July 2017 have been completed and the remaining are under construction as progress was slowed down due to wildlife conservation and environmental approval, insurgency related security hurdles, delay in land acquisition by the states, inaccessible terrain, inclement weather, and other impediments. BRO is constructing 63 out of these 73 roads as it costs BRO to per km compared to to per km of road construction by the private companies."73 roads of operational significance being built along China border: Kiren Rijiju"

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, 18 July 2017.Sushant Singh
"China border roads hobbling, 12 years later, 21 of 73 ready"

Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...

, 11 July 2017. In two years alone, 2015–16 and 2016–17, prime minister

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's government has allocated more than US$4.7 billion in contracts for the development of border roads, which also includes the US$256 million

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from Moreh in Manipur through

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in Thailand."China's Silk Road lends urgency to India's regional ambitions."
Economic Times, 9 August 2017. In July 2020, BRO was also tasked with building new roads to connect eastern Bhutan to westen

Tawang Tawang is a town and administrative headquarter of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The town was once the capital of the Tawang Tract, which is now divided into the Tawang district and the West Kameng district. Tawan ...

area such as

Lumla Lumla is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous circle in the Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Lumla is at the southwestern corner of the Tawang district close to its border with Bhutan. Lumla is also the headquarters of a subd ...

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road through Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary.

Road bridges

To provide multiple points of alternative connectivity to the forces, BRO is building 410 2-lane class-70 (heavy load bearing including tanks) road bridges along the long

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border with China, including 144 in

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(75 already under construction and will be completed by 2020), 100 under construction in Jammu and Kashmir, 55 under construction in

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, 40 under construction in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...

and 25 under construction in

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(c. Dec 2017).India building bridges in Arunachal for LAC access
Economic Times, 18 Dec 2017. The annual pace of construction is of bridges (c. Dec 2017). On 12 October 2020 Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 44 new bridges.

Border tunnels

In November 2017 BRO announced the plan to construct 17 road and rail tunnels, with a total length of , on some of the 73 strategic roads on Sino-Indian border to provide the year-round all-weather rail and road surface connectivity. Currently, surface access to high altitude posts on Sino-India border is closed for six months every year due to snowfall and rain, and supplies are through air lift only. Some of these 17 tunnels are already under construction, including Srinagar-Kargil-Leh NH1 in J&K (

Zoji La Zoji La (sometimes Zojila Pass) is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas. It is in the Indian Union territory of Ladakh, Kargil district, Kashmir. Located in the Drass, the pass connects the Kashmir Valley to its west, with the Drass ...

pass tunnel), Leh-Manali Highway in J&K and Himachal Pradesh (

Lungalacha La Lachulung La (el. ), or Lāchālūng La or Lungalacha La, is a paved motorable mountain pass in Ladakh in India just north of border with Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the NH3 Leh–Manali Highway, north of Sarchu and west of Pang. Rai ...

Bara-lacha la Bara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass, or Bārā Lācha La, (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the Zanskar range of Northern-India, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Leh district in Ladakh. Rail-cum-road tunnels are bein ...

Tanglang La Taglang La or Tanglang La, elevation , is a high altitude mountain pass in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located on the NH3 Leh–Manali Highway. Rail-cum-road tunnels are being constructed under the Taglang La, Lungalacha La ...

Shingo La Shingo-La (also known as Shinku La) is a mountain pass in India, on the border between Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh. Geography There is a shallow lake or pool 20m below the pass. The pass is on a long-distance footpath linking Zanskar and La ...

near Nimo and

Rohtang Tunnel Atal Tunnel (also known as Rohtang Tunnel), named after former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a highway tunnel built under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himacha ...

), 578 meter Theng Pass tunnel on NH310A between

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and Tung in North Sikkim, Nechipu Pass (near

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) and Sela Pass tunnels on Bogibeel Assam to Sagalee to Tawang NH13 in Arunachal Pradesh. This will reduce the travel time and operational costs, eliminate the risk of avalanche and landslide."For year-round border security, India plans tunnels on China border."
Economic Times, 6 November 2017."Voyants bagged Independent Engineer Services in Arunachal Pradesh"
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Decorations

Awards attained by BRO personnel between 1960 and 31 January 2020: * 23 ×

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* 218 ×

Shaurya Chakra The Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, sometimes posthumously ...

* 2 × Bar to Shaurya Chakra * 2 × Padam Shree * 16 ×

Param Vishisht Seva Medal Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: ) is a military award of India. It was constituted in 1960 and since then it is awarded in recognition to peace-time service of the most exceptional order and may be awarded posthumously. All ranks of the ...

s * 43 ×

Ati Vishist Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime Dis ...

s * 110 ×

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize exc ...

s * 25 ×

Sena Medal The Sena Medal is awarded to members of the Indian army, of all ranks, "for such individual acts of exceptional devotion to duty or courage as have special significance for the Army." Awards may be made posthumously and a bar is authorized for s ...

s * 3 × Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak * 17 ×

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* 69 × Jeevan Raksha Padak In 2009, eight

s, all posthumous, were awarded to BRO personnel for their actions in places such as Afghanistan, Sikkim, the north-east and Jammu and Kashmir. Bulldozer operator Zalim Singh, Bar to the Shaurya Chakra, was crushed by boulders while clearing a strategic road for Indian Army tanks. Two BRO men working on BRO's Project Zaranj in Afghanistan were killed during a suicide bomb attack on Zaranj-Delaram highway. Engineer Santosh Kumar Singh and driver Jaikrit Singh Rawat, while working on the Kishtwar-Sinthan Pass, died in an ambush. Others died or were killed in places such as Meghalaya, Kailash Mansarovar, Kali River and Hapoli Sarli-Huri road.

Recognition

In November 2021, BRO received a Guinness World Record for the "highest altitude road" following construction at

Gallery

File:The Minister of State for Defence, Shri Jitendra Singh in a group photographs during the Chief Engineers Conference, organised by the Border Roads Organisation, in New Delhi on September 24, 2013.jpg, The Minister of State for Defence in a group photograph during the Chief Engineers Conference, organised by the BRO, 2013 File:The Union Minister for Defence, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman releasing a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Coffee table book ‘Will of Steel’, in New Delhi.jpg, Union Minister for Defence releasing a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Coffee table book 'Will of Steel', in New Delhi. NSA also present. File:The Director General, Border Roads, Lt Gen Arun Kumar Nanda addressing an Annual Press Conference on the eve of 48th Raising Day of the Border Roads Organisation, in New Delhi on May 06, 2008.jpg, Director General, Border Roads, Lt Gen Arun Kumar Nanda addressing an Annual Press Conference on the eve of 48th Raising Day of the BRO, 2008 File:BRO messages in Ladakh.jpg, BRO road signs File:Stamp of India - 1985 - Colnect 167197 - Border Roads Organisation.jpeg, 1985 postal stamp

References

External links

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