BRO celebrates its 62nd raising day

Context

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has celebrated its 62nd Raising Day (foundation day) on 7th May 2022.

• The motto is Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam (everything is achievable through hard work).

About BRO

• BRO was conceived and raised in 1960 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for coordinating the speedy development of a network of roads in the North and the North Eastern border regions of the country.
• It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence.
• It has diversified into a large spectrum of construction and development works comprising airfields, building projects, defence works and tunneling and has endeared itself to the people.
• Its primary role is to provide road connectivity in India’s border areas. It also creates up-grades and maintains infrastructure along borders to meet India’s overall tactical and strategic goals.
• Apart from road construction it also executes maintenance works along Northern and Western frontiers mainly to meet strategic requirements of the Indian Army. It is responsible for over 53,000 Km roads.
• Its work involves Formation Cutting, Surfacing, Bridge construction and Resurfacing.
• It contributes towards India’s strategic objectives in neighbouring regions by constructing roads in friendly foreign nations like Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
• Disaster management: It has played an important role in reconstruction work after the tsunami in Tamil Nadu in 2004, Kashmir earthquake in 2005, Ladakh flash floods in 2010 etc.

Objectives of Border Roads Organisation

• BRO works under set guidelines or as instructed by the Government of the country. Given below is the mission of BRO.
• To ensure that cost-effective, sustainable, and strategic needs of the armed forces are met without any inconvenience.
• Achieving an international level of quality excellence and time consciousness.
• Present their expertise in any project of national or transnational development.
• Using information technology in the best possible manner and implementing it as an advantage in the various infrastructure projects.
• Highest level of proficiency must be shown with every construction.
• To upgrade the quality of life and livelihood in border areas by helping them with the means of easy transport, accessibility and connectivity.