Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the ‘Guide on Preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for Road Infrastructure Projects’ by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in New Delhi. The BRO, responsible for building and maintaining highways in challenging terrains, created the DPRs to cover engineering design, construction methods, quality control, and cost analysis. The Ministry of Defence stated that the guide is a comprehensive resource to aid engineers in project formulation, aiming to prevent time and cost overruns due to poorly prepared DPRs.
The guide’s purpose is to improve the quality and consistency of reports, ensuring timely project completion and enhancing strategic connectivity and socio-economic development in border regions. The unveiling event was attended by Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Secretary V. Umashankar, DG Border Roads Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, and other senior officials. Earlier in December, Rajnath Singh inaugurated 125 strategically important infrastructure projects by the BRO, emphasizing the government’s commitment to bolster border infrastructure.
Singh highlighted the significance of robust infrastructure in border areas, citing benefits such as military mobility, logistics transportation, tourism promotion, job creation, and public trust in development efforts. The projects, located in Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Bengal, and Mizoram, include roads, bridges, and other structures completed at a total cost of Rs 5,000 crore, marking the most valuable inaugurations in BRO’s history.
