BRO to invest Rs 1400 crores to build road infra in Arunachal

ITANAGAR, Arunachal Pradesh: Border Road Organisation (BRO) aims to invest Rs 1400 crores in the road infrastructure of Arunachal Pradesh.

P K H Singh, Additional Director General for Northeast, BRO, said that the organisation is already engaged in the construction projects worth Rs 1000 crores in Arunachal Pradesh. He later added that the organisation has been granted nearly Rs 20,000 crores, out of which the organisation plans to invest Rs 1300-1400 crores in the state. Apart from that, approvals are pending for clearing the forest to construct projects worth Rs 2500 crores, on which the work will begin soon.

Balipara-Chardwar-Tawang (BCT) Road, Sessa Road in the East Kameng district and Elephant Road are some of the previous development projects in the state. The Single-lane Elephant Road has already been completed, while the construction on Sessa Road is pending due to pending forest clearance approval. Also, “90 per cent of the construction work, on Siyom Valley road, in West Siang District is complete except a few patches”. Once completed, these road connectivity projects will facilitate reverse migration to the villages and hamlets along the border. The Arunachal Frontier Highway stretching up to 2000 kms, was designed to serve as an axial route along the Indo-China Boundary.