Antony pulls up BRO for delayed projects

[arp2041]

Unhappy with the slow pace of work on strategic roads along country’s sensitive boundaries, Defence Minister AK Antony has pulled up the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) asking it to improve its performance.

As part of India’s plans to shore up its defences along the boundary with China, the BRO has been entrusted with several important road projects which include the 73 strategic road projects in the North East and PM’s package for Arunachal Pradesh and reconstruction plan for Jammu and Kashmir.

A significant number of these important projects have been delayed due to various reasons cited by the organisation.

In a recent review meeting of the performance of the BRO, the defence minister expressed unhappiness over the state of these projects and asked the officials to improve their performance, BRO sources said in New Delhi.

The meeting was attended by BRO chief Lt Gen S Ravi Shankar and other senior officials of the organisation.

BRO is working in different regions of India and has completed work on 145 roads.

“Around few months back, 15 strategic roads, 8 Long Term Perspective Plan (LTPP) I, 111 General Staff (GS) roads, 2 PM’s Package for J and K and 9 other roads have been completed and other roads are under various stages of progress,” they said.

Recently, a high-level court of inquiry (CoI) was also ordered by the Defence Ministry into the construction of strategic roads under Project Deepak of BRO after allegations of manipulation of tenders, cartelisation, poor quality control and use of substandard material to construct roads.

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[SamantK]

The strategic roads should be built on a war footing, our govt.. orgs somehow delay the projects all the time... Give them hell Antony!

 

[Contract Killer]

These BRO guys need this........

 

[Sergi]

The strategic roads should be built on a war footing, our govt.. orgs somehow delay the projects all the time... Give them hell Antony!

Project were blocked by Ministry of Environment. Go ask them why Mr. Antony

 

[arp2041]

Project were blocked by Ministry of Environment. Go ask them why Mr. Antony

Ya, as if environment is more important than defence of our country, will Chinese in attacking India think about environment in raining havoc from land & air

 

[rashtriya.rifles]

I went to gangotri side some weeks back and I must say that roads were horrible in many stretches..

 

[SamantK]

I went to gangotri side some weeks back and I must say that roads were horrible in many stretches..

bad roads and on top you've got substandard trucks... *facepalm* is desh ka kya hoga... *sips his peg in resignation*

Project were blocked by Ministry of Environment. Go ask them why Mr. Antony

I asked Antony to give BRO hell he can give it to the environment ministry too, I don't care

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

Environment clearance is the biggest hurdle.

 

[Bhim]

There is no hurdle..its the Govt agencies as usual..

 

[Sergi]

There is no hurdle..its the Govt agencies as usual..

Yes but all development projects needs environmental clearance. Even TOI reported this about month ago

They denied the permissions to BRO for recent fast track road projects as it is passing through the dense forest area.

 

[keerthan]

they should be completed as fast possible becoz china is already ahead of us with better infrastructure they can move troops fastly to the area. they are even thinking of constructing railway line also close to the arunachal pradesh border