Govt implements Shekatkar Committee report on border roads
The government has recently implemented three important recommendations relating to border road infrastructure, recommended by the Shekatkar Committee in 2016. The recommendations are aimed at speeding up road construction in remote areas of the border belt, providing easier access to the military and leading to socio economic development in the border areas. The first, Shekatkar Committee recommendation accepted was to outsource road construction work beyond optimal capacity of Border Roads Organization (BRO), which was aimed at bringing in private sector road construction agencies and taking the load off a heavily overstretched BRO struggling to maintain the existing network of borders roads and highways, and also building new roads in areas that have remained outside the road network since Independence. The government has made it mandatory to adhere to the EPC contract for executing all projects that cost more than ₹100 crore. Secondly, the government has accepted the recommendation that makes it easier to introduce modern construction plant, equipment and machinery. For this, the BRO's enhanced procurement powers for domestic and foreign procurements have been increased from ₹7.5 crore to ₹100 crore. This is deemed essential, with the BRO engaged in sophisticated road and tunnel construction projects, such as the Atal Behari Vajpayee Tunnel near Manali that underpasses the Rohtang Pass; and the 80-kilometre-long road on the Kailash Mansarovar route from Dharchula (Uttarakhand) to Lipulekh (China Border). For such projects BRO has inducted Hot-Mix Plant 20/30 TPH for speedier laying of roads, remote operated hydraulic Rock Drills DC-400 R for hard rock cutting, a range of F-90 series of self-propelled snow-cutters/blowers for speedier snow clearance, the defence ministry said in an official statement.
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22 May 2020
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