Border Roads Organisation
Builds The Border Roads Organisation ( BRO ) and maintains roads in the border regions of India. The officials of BRO come from both the General Reserve Engineer Force and the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. The organization supports and builds roads that have a strategic importance for the Indian Army and has thus but also promoted the economic development in the Indian states in the north and northwest of the country. The road must be carried out under extreme climatic conditions. The road construction crews work on both the icy heights of the Himalayas as well as the swampy marshes of West Bengal and in the desert of Rajasthan. The BRO maintains roads up to an altitude of 5600 m ( 18373 feet) altitude. The road network of the BRO is 32,885 kilometers long; There are cared for with a total length of 12,200 m of the BRO also bridges. She is also involved in the construction of a tunnel under the Rohtang Pass. The BRO is active in 22 states and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
History and Structure
The Border Roads Organisation was established on 7 May 1960. It is headed by the Director General of Border Roads. Since 2010, M. C. has Badhani held this position in the rank of lieutenant general. The workers of BRO come from the General Reserve Engineer Force ( GREF ) from the area of responsibility of the Ministry of Surface Transport and by officers of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army.
The fundamental group of the BRO is similar to a train (English platoon ). A train is made up of engineers from the GREF and the Corps of Engineers. The BRO itself is divided into 17 so-called projects, the so-called task forces such as road construction companies, bridge companies, etc. entertain and usually serve specific geographic regions within the responsibility of the BRO. The BRO also employs workers who are recruited from the local population and are used only for a limited time and for certain tasks.
Specific tasks
The BRO is working on instructions from the Government of India and abroad and has performed construction work in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Burma and Bhutan.
The BRO also supported the cleanup efforts after the tsunami in Tamil Nadu (2004), the earthquake in Kashmir ( 2005) and the flash flood in Ladakh (2010).