New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking enhancement of the retirement age of doctors and medical officers working in the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) from 60 years to 65 years, holding that fixation of superannuation age is a policy matter falling within the executive domain. A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora refused to interfere with the decision denying parity with doctor…
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Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) A two-day Chief Engineers’ Works Conference of all Border Roads Organisation (BRO) projects in the Eastern Region was held in Guwahati, where key stakeholders deliberated on the road map for the current financial year and formulated effective strategies to achieve the targets set for infrastructure development.Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat stated that the conference took place on April 28 and 29 under the chairmanship of Jitendra Prasad, Addit…
Gangtok, April 9 (IANS) The Army has so far rescued 135 stranded tourists from North Sikkim, where landslides have snapped road connectivity, officials said on Thursday. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that the Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps launched ‘Operation Him Setu’ to evacuate stranded tourists at Lachen in North Sikkim.He said that the evacuation is being conducted in phases. So far, 135 tourists have been safely evacuated, along with 32 light vehicles and 10 motorcycles…
Jammu, Feb 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir is scripting a major success story in road connectivity, with the total road network at present standing at 41,141 km.This massive road infrastructure expansion is being driven by multi-billion-rupee connectivity projects, especially in remote and otherwise inaccessible border areas such as Rajouri, Poonch, Bandipora, Kupwara, Reasi and other far-flung districts.The main objective of these road projects is to ensure all-weather connectivity, reduce travel ti…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved its highest-ever outlay of Rs 16,690 crore in FY 2024-25 on the construction and maintenance of strategic roads, bridges, tunnels and airfields of the country and will continue this upward trajectory, with a target of Rs 17,900 crore fixed for FY 2025–26, according to an official statement issued on Monday.BRO, which builds and maintains infrastructure in border and inaccessible regions to meet both military and civilian nee…