On 20th April 2020 the Kasowal enclave in Punjab got connected permanently to the mainland when Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened the Kasowal Bridge much ahead of schedule. The Kasowal Enclave of approx 35 sq Km had so far been connected to the rest of India by a Pontoon Bridge of limited load capacity.
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– globalbihari bureau
New Delhi: Government has implemented three important recommendations of Committee of Experts (CoE) under the Chairmanship of Lt. General D B Shekatkar (Retd) relating to border Infrastructure. These were related to speeding up road construction, leading to socio economic development in the border areas, a Ministry of Defence press statement said here on Monday.
On the matter related to creating border infrastructure, the Government has implemented recommendation of CoE to outsource road construction work beyond optimal capacity of Border Roads Organisation (BRO). It has been made mandatory to adopt Engineering Procurement Contract (EPC) mode for execution of all works costing more than Rs 100 crore.
The other recommendation relating to introduction of modern construction plants, equipment and machinery has been implemented by delegating enhanced procurement powers from Rs 7.5 crore to Rs 100 crore to BRO, for domestic and foreign procurements.
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The land acquisition and all statutory clearances like forest and environmental clearance are also made part of approval of Detailed Project Report (DPR). Further, with the adoption of EPC mode of execution, it is mandatory to award work only when 90 per cent of the statutory clearances have been obtained, implementing the recommendation of CoE regarding obtaining prior clearances before the commencement of the project.[the_ad_placement id=”sidebar-feed”]
