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Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh on 12 October virtually inaugurated and dedicated 75 Border Roads Organisation road and bridge projects to the nation at a cost of Rs 2,236 crore.
These include 7 road and 12 bridge projects in Jammu & Kashmir worth Rs 731.22 crore virtually today. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr. Jitendra Singh, who is also Lok Sabha MP from J&K also joined the inauguration function virtually.
The J&K road projects are Bishnah-Kaulpur-Khojipur (Km 0.0 to 24.328) worth Rs.73.26crore, Basoli-Bani-Bhaderwah (Km 70.00 to 89.00) Rs.97.76 crore, Basoli-Bani-Bhaderwah (Km 89.00 to 102.00) Rs81.42 crore, Galhar-Sansari(Km 0 to 10) Rs.37.69 under Project Sampark of BRO. Bandipur-Gureizin Rs.230.54 crore, Mohura-Baaz Rs.134.99 and Tutmarigali-Kaiyan Bowl Rs24.35 crore under Project Beacon of BRO.
In addition, 12 bridges at Sawan, Sanu, Naigarh, Channani, Nantoo, Korga, Sewa-II, Biyalu, Dersu, Nirunar, Gurai and Garjun were constructed at the cost of Rs 51.21 crore in different areas of J&K. Overall, these Projects have been constructed in 11 border States/UTs of the country, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The ceremony was organised by the Border Roads Organisation at Sukna in West Bengal. The Defence Minister inaugurated 22 Roads, 51 Bridges and 02 other miscellaneous projects. These Infrastructure Projects have been constructed under challenging weather conditions at places with most inhospitable terrain.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Rajnath Singh lauded BRO’s commitment towards establishing connectivity in far-flung areas by ensuring timely completion of these roads & bridges. He mentioned that in the last five years BRO had completed 450 infrastructure projects with a cost of more than Rs16,000 crore and this year, in 2024 with these 75 infra projects BRO has dedicated a record 111 infrastructure projects to the Nation.