BRO chief engineers' annual conference to commence from tomorrow

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will be organizing its annual chief engineers' and equipment management conference at the GREF Centre in Pune from September 23 to 26.

The Director General of BRO and eighteen chief engineers will be attending the event to take stock of various ongoing works and to charter the future course of action.

Secretary, Border Roads Development Board (BRDB), Sanjeev Ranjan, will also be present.

During the four-day conference, various issues of organizational interests are expected to be discussed. Certain firms have also been invited to deliver talks on the latest technologies, which can be implemented by the BRO.

The BRO is presently playing a yeoman role in meeting the strategic and operational infrastructural requirements of the Indian Army. It also has and continues to make a significant contribution to socio-economic development, especially in the border areas.

The BRO is presently undertaking construction of 23,410 kilometer of roads and 30,982 meters of bridges, besides maintaining a network of 25,700 kilometer of roads and bridges.

The BRO has also made foray in the field of tunneling. Construction of the 8.8 km Rohtang Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh is under progress, wherein 4.4 km of tunnel has already been completed.

Feasibility studies of the Zojila and Z-Morh tunnel is already completed and construction is likely to commence next year.

To enhance connectivity between Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, a 592-meter long cable stayed bridge is under construction over the River Ravi at Basohli. This bridge will be THE first of its kind in northern India and will enhance connectivity between Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.