Governor praises BRO's work

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today appreciated the re-energised efforts of the Border Raod Organisation (BRO) in providing high quality roads and connectivity in the state.
At the very outset at high level meeting, the Governor appreciated the re-energised efforts of the BRO projects in the state in providing high quality roads and connectivity in the region, Defence Spokesman said.
Vohra chaired a meeting which was attended by Parvez Dewan, Advisor to Governor, P K Tripathy, Principal Secretary to Governor, Rohit Kansal, Secretary R&B, Border Roads Organisation Director General Border Roads Lt Gen Suresh Sharma, BRO Chief Engineer, Project Sampark Brigadier B Bhattacharyya and other BRO officials.

The Construction of tunnels at Chattargala, Gurez, Tangdhar, Sadhna, Z-Gali and Fadkiyanwali Gali was emphasized to provide all round connectivity and in-built redundancy in the State road communication, spokesman said.
He said that the issues regarding taking over of some important roads by BRO commensurate to defence requirements were also discussed.
The monthly review meeting between State Government, BRO, NHAI and State PWD was stressed upon for sieving out grey areas and to provide impetus and synergy between all agencies involved in road infrastructure development.

Issues like land acquisition and forest clearance will be put on fast track, he said.

Lt Gen Sharma visited Project Sampark here and also toured extensively by air and road to assess the progress of various ongoing works.
Director General Border Roads held talks with Army Commander, Northern Command, Chief Secretary, J&K and other local formation commanders.