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40-50 Bridges Under Constructed In Ladakh To Speed Up Troop Movement, Wil Be Completed In The Next Few Months: BRO
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Amid tensions with China in eastern Ladakh, India is working on around 40-50 bridges in border areas, the Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Lieutenant General Harpal Singh, said earlier today.
He made the statement following the inauguration of 44 bridges in border states and union territories of India by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Of the 44 bridges the Defence Minister inaugurated today, 10 are in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 8 in the Union Territory of Ladakh, 2 in Himachal Pradesh, 4 in Punjab, 8 in Uttarakhand and 4 in Sikkim.
BRO, an agency under the Defence Ministry, responsible for the construction and upkeep of strategic roads and bridges in India’s border areas.
“A large number of bridges are under construction in Ladakh. About 40-50 bridges are under construction, which will be completed between 6 months to one and a half years,” Lieutenant General Harpal Singh said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the Rohtang Tunnel earlier this month. The new tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world at an elevation above 10,000 feet, will make the movement of troops and equipment to Ladakh easier.
Work on border roads in Ladakh continues at full pace amid tensions.
Renovation work on the Durbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DS-DBO) road, which is critical for connectivity to north-eastern Ladakh — called sub-sector north by the Army, is likely to be complete by the end of October.
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