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    • BRO builds world's highest motorable road at 19,400 feet at Mig La Pass in Ladakh

      Mig La Pass now stands taller than Mount Everest's South Base Camp in Nepal, which sits at 17,598 feet, and the North Base Camp in Tibet at 16,900 feet. The previous record-holder, Umling La, reaches 19,024 feet.

    • BRO scripts history in Ladakh; surpasses its own Guinness World Record for highest motorable road

      The milestone, it said, was achieved on Wednesday when the BRO team led by Chief Engineer of Project Himank Brig Vishal Srivastava reached Mig La Pass, proudly hoisting the National and BRO flags at this unparalleled height.

    • Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Six-inch-wide pipe reaches workers, medicines and food to be supplied

      The Border Roads Organisation has built an access road for the machines to reach the top of the hill. Work to strengthen the tunnel is also going on.

    • Atal Tunnel: Three accidents reported in 72 hours since inauguration

      Atal Tunnel has become the new tourist hotspot in Himachal, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and district authorities are facing new concerns with hundreds of tourists and motorists over-speeding and racing.

    • Helicopters land heavy equipment to expedite work of strategic road near India-China border

      After several failed attempts in 2019, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) recently succeeded in carrying heavy road building equipment by helicopters to Laspa, raising hopes of the road's faster completion, BRO Chief Engineer Bimal Goswami said.

    • All weather road-connectivity to Ladakh in J&K

      The road will also be a strategic advantage in the Kargil region which saw transgression from the Pakistani side in 1999.

    • Original bench of NGT to rehear issue related to Chardham highway project: SC

      An NGO had alleged that the road widening work to connect Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri in Uttarakhand was being carried out in violation of environmental laws.

    • Government gives more powers to Border Roads Organisation for roads along the China border

      The defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday that it intended to bring transformational changes in the BRO to improve the pace of execution of work and to achieve the desired outcome according to the requirements of the Army

    • Gadkari urged to retain three roads with BRO in Arunachal

      The roads - Joram-Koloriang (158 km), Anini-Meka (235 km) and Demwe-Hawai (165 km) - have already been handed over from BRO to the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL).

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