Def Min Rajnath Singh chairs meeting of Consultative Committee of Parliament

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday chaired a meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament for the Ministry of Defence here, an official statement said.

The subject of the meeting was Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

The meeting was also attended by Shripad Naik, MoS for Defence, and Members of Parliament Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Manish Tewari, A. Raja, K. J. Alphons, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, V. Lakshmikantha Rao, Supriya Sule, Saugata Roy and Pushpendra Singh Chandel.

"During the meeting, Raksha Mantri lauded the efforts of BRO in building border infrastructure and contributing to the improvement of lives of people residing in the border areas," the statement said.

Director General BRO Lt Gen Harpal Singh gave a detailed presentation on the working of the organisation, especially on maintaining operational road infrastructure for the armed forces in border areas.

Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) was set up in 1960 for expeditious execution of road construction projects in the North and North-Eastern states for enhancing the defence preparedness and the economic development of the border areas. BRO is an executive arm of BRDB.

As part of its contribution of strengthening the relations with neighbouring countries, BRO has also developed roads in some friendly countries in the neighbourhood.