BRO Personnel Engaged on War Footing to Complete The Tasks Of Road Connectivity Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is continuing with the daunting task of rehabilitation of road network in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.As per the latest figures, BRO has pressed in to service more than 120 excavators and Bull dozers.The damages are so massive that about 30 km of road has to be made afresh. 4000 BRO personnel and laborers are working to complete the task on war footing .The main focus at present is to keep all the main axes open and connect the places which are still cutoff by road. Due to heavy rains in the entire region road clearance work was again hampered at many places and roads blocked due to fresh landslides and breaches.However these are being cleared quickly. Despite all odds BRO has kept open both the main axis i.e. Rishikesh– Uttarkashiand RishikeshJoshimath – Govindghat. A readymade foot Bridge has been launched at Pandukeshwar across river Alaknanda near Govidgaht on Joshimath – Badrinath axis. This has enabled the faster evacuation of stranded passengers from Badrinath. The road wise status is as under: Tanakpur – Pithoragarh –Tawaghat – Ghatiabagarh :- BRO has pressed in to service about 30 Bulldozers & excavators on this route. The road up to Pithoragarh is through for all traffic. Beyond Pithoragarh, the road is through up to Km 83. Beyond Km 80 up to Tawaghat, about 4 km road has been breached at more than 30 locations .Road has been opened between km 80 to 96 for light vehicles. Efforts are being made to connect Dharchulha for all type of vehicles. Road Jauljibi – Munsiyari :- This axis is closed due to major breaches at about 10 locations. Total road breached is more than 3.5 Km. However efforts are on to clear the road with the help of 8 Bulldozers & excavators. About 30 km road has been cleared. Foot track connectivity has been established in most of the road portion for transportation of ration and general public. Other roads in Uttarakhand :- With the opening of main axis efforts are made to open other lateral roads with BRO. The road clearance work has also started on these roads however full focus will shift to these roads once the major axisare open. Roads in Himachal Pradesh:-The roads Wangthu -Pooh and Pooh Kauriksuffered extensive damage. The roads have been partly cleared up to Pangi, and district headquarter at Rikangpio has been connected as a big relief to the local population. Efforts are on to completely clear the road. A massive road clearance work is going on. The roads have suffered major damages affecting about 4 km of road at about 80 places.More than 30 Bulldozers and excavators have been deployed. Road axis Sumdo-Kaza-Grampu has since been opened and further improvements are in progress.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 06:36:50 +0000