BRO Creates, Connects & Cares

Roads of BRO in North-East

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Background

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• Rds in Border Areas were constructed by Army Engineers.

• Post independence, Def needs reqd greater road

infrastructure in border areas, on war footing.

• Border Road Development Board(BRDB) sanctioned on 14

Mar 1960 with status of Deptt of GoI,Min of Rds and

Communication. PM as Chairman and RM as Dy Chairman.

• Constr Capability augmented by creating Org built around

nucleus of Army Engineers with addl Civil Engrs from

CPWD/PWD.

• BRO, a mix of Army and Civ(General Reserve Engineer

Force(GREF)) created under DGBR as an Executive arm of

BRDB, by May 1960.

Background

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• Org under operational and administrative control of MoD.

FA (Def) as Fin Advisor. Budgeted under Min of Roads and

Communications (now MoRT&H).

• To formalise Civ Engrs component , Border Roads

Engineers Service(BRES) approved as Gp A service in

1977.

• While Army component carries its terms & conditions of

service, R&P Rules formulated for BRES (subset of GREF)

in 1977.

Border Roads Development Board

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E-in-C

DGBR Secy, BRDB

MoS – MoRT&H

Cabinet Secy Defence Secy

Home Secy

Secy (East),MEA

Secy, Plg Commission

Secy, MoRT&H

Secy, Defence (Fin)

DG(Roads), MoRT&H

COAS

CAS

Secy, MoEF (10 Jul 2006)

Chairman- 1960: PM 1982: RM 1995: RRM

Addl Secy, Defence

VISION

To evolve as a Premier Road Constr Agency in meeting Road Infrastructure needs for

the defence of India’s borders through departmental & outsourced works

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Organisation : BRO

DGBR

IFA(BR) PCDA(BR)

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Projects/STF 2

Base

Wksps (Pathankot,

Tezpur)

2

Stores Divs (Pathankot,

Tezpur)

GREF

Centre (Pune)

Liaison Cell

DGBR (Kolkata)

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BRTFs

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RCCs/BCCs/

DMC/GE

Functional

Pls

All HQ / UNITS / EST are a mix of ARMY and GREF

Casual Paid Labour (CPL): One lakh

CSU

• 23 x Sup Coy.

• 33 x Fd Wksp.

• 86 x Med Units.

Organisation : BRO

DGBR

IFA(BR) PCDA(BR)

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Projects/STF 2

Base

Wksps (Pathankot,

Tezpur)

2

Stores Divs (Pathankot,

Tezpur)

GREF

Centre (Pune)

Liaison Cell

DGBR (Kolkata)

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BRTFs

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RCCs/BCCs/

DMC/GE

Functional

Pls

All HQ / UNITS / EST are a mix of ARMY and GREF

Casual Paid Labour (CPL): One lakh

CSU

• 23 x Sup Coy.

• 33 x Fd Wksp.

• 86 x Med Units.

Concept

• Raised as a Departmental Construction Agency.

• Development of Road Communication in North & NE Border

Areas.

• Disciplined Work Force.

• Departmental Expertise.

• Experience in inhospitable terrain.

• Integral vehicles and construction equipment.

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Concept

• Best suited for expeditious execution, subject to:

• Availability of Land, mandatory clearances.

• Sanctions and Funds.

• Availability of construction material.

• Empowerment at Executive Level.

• Secure working environment, minimum local interference.

• Initial responder in Disaster Management

• Sikkim. 2011-12 / 2012-13

• Chardham Yatra Roads

• J & K-2014

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HIMANK (Leh)

SETUK (Agartala)

DEEPAK (Shimla)

Deployment of BRO Projects

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Units East West Total

Projects 9 9 18

Task Force 19 15 34

RCC/BCC 49 34 83

SHIVALIK (Rishikesh)

HIRAK (Tanakpur)

DANTAK (Bhutan)

SWASTIK (Gangtok)

ARUNANK (Itanagar)

VARTAK (Tezpur)

UDAYAK (DoomDooma)

SEWAK (Dimapur)

PUSHPAK (Aizwal)

BEACON (Srinagar)

SAMPARK (Jammu)

HQ DGBR CHETAK (Bikaner)

ROHTANG (Manali)

VIJAYAK (Kargil)

BRHAMANK (Pasighat)

Port Blair

Delhi

Indira Kol

BRO : Tasks

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• Road construction

• Defence Related (GS ) Roads

• National Highways

• Agencies – MEA, MHA, others

• Bridges

• Tunneling

• Road maintenance

Executed Departmentally and by

outsourcing

Categorisation of Roads

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Defence Related Roads

• Agency Roads

• MHA

• MoRTH

• DoNER

• NEC

• MEA

• Deposit Wks (NHPC, JKPDC etc)

• Packages

• SARDP-NE

• Arunachal Package

• PM Reconstruction Package for J&K

Roads with BRO

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S No Package / Length No. of roads

1. Defence Related 660

3. SARDP 33

4. National Highways 25

5. Other Agency Rds 33

Total 751

* Approx 20 Tunnels planned to be constucted by BRO in the next few years.

BRO roads : Area wise Distr

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HAA 26%

HA 40%

Plains 17%

Hinterland 17%

BRO Roads: Sector wise Distr

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East 33%

West 13% North 33%

Central 4%

Hinterland 17%

East

West

North

Center

Hinterland

Work Load

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• Completed works.

• Roads - 50300 km

• Indo China Border Roads (ICBR) - 616 Km

• Maj Bridges(>30m) - 39 km

• Airfields - 19 Nos

• Tunnels - 02 Nos

• Under Construction.

• Roads - 23400 km

• ICBR’s - 2797 Km

• Bridges - 22 km

• Tunnels - 01

Work Load

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• Maintenance.

• Roads - 20300 km

• ICBR’s - 616 Km

• Airfields - 6 Nos

• Tunnels - 4 Nos

• LTROWP( Long Term Plan) - Wk of 22,000 Cr in next 4 Yrs

- 2900 Km of NH to beTransfered

BRO Creates, Connects & Cares

North - East

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Road Length :North-East

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GS Roads (in Kms)

Agency Roads (in Kms)

Total (in Kms)

8483 1395 9878

State Wise Road Length: North-East (In Kms)

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S No State Defence

Related

ICBR (ITBP) MORTH SARDP Strategic NEC DONER

1 Assam 146 - - 271 39 - -

2 West Bengal 187 - - 147 - - -

3 Sikkim 848 - - 208 42 - -

4 Arunachal

Pradesh 2660 136 - 224 - - -

5 Tripura - - - 25 - - -

6 Mizoram 972 - - 23 - - -

7 Nagaland 864 - - 8 - - -

8 Manipur 64 - - 201 - 78 129

9 Bhutan 588 - - - - - -

Total 6329 136 - 1107 81 78 129

Grand Total 8347 136 1395

9878

State Wise Road Length :North-East Other

Than GS (in Kms)

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S No State MORT&H SARDP Strategic NEC DONER Total

1 Assam - 271 39 - - 310

2 West Bengal - 147 - - - 147

3 Sikkim - 208 42 - - 250

4 Arunachal

Pradesh 335 224 - - - 559

5 Tripura 464 25 - - - 489

6 Mizoram 23 - - - 23

7 Nagaland 223 8 - - - 231

8 Manipur 960 201 - 78 129 1368

Total 1982 1107 81 78 129 3377

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• Total length : 998.41 Km (12 roads)

• Length completed : 403.55 Km (62.71%)

• Physical progress : 62.71% upto Oct 2014

• Completion schedule : 8 roads in 2015, 1 in 2017, 1 in 2018

and 1 in 2019

SARDP

Progress of SARDP Rds as on 30 Nov 2014

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Total No. of

rds

LTROWP Completed Under Prog Yet to

Commence

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

33 (2801 Km) 33 2801 2 138 20 1333 12 1330

NORTH LAKHIMPUR

JONAI

DIRAK

RUPAI

2

2

LUMLA

BLETTING

1

BILE

MIGGING

3

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SARDP-NE & ARUNACHAL PACKAGE

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• SARDP:-

• SARDP Phase-A : under progress

• SARDP Phase – B: Not yet sanctioned

• SARDP PH –A: Approx Cost: Rs 3902 Cr.

• Total length : 12 roads, 998.416 Km

• Length completed : 403.55 Km

• Physical progress : 62.71 %

• ARUNANCHAL PRADESH PACKAGE: Approx cost Rs.3600 Cr.

• Total length : 5 Roads , 812 Km

• Length completed : 83.09 km

• Physical progress : 43.72 %

MAPS

Progress of MORTH (NHO) Rds as on 30 Nov 2014

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Total No. of

Roads

LTROWP Completed Under Prog Yet to

Commence

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

26 (2643 Km) 25 2624 - - 19 2146 6 478

Progress of Other Agency Rds as on 30 Nov 2014

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Total No. of

rds

LTROWP Completed Under Prog Yet to

Commence

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

37 (2248 Km) 36 2238 6 402 25 1620 5 216

Progress of ICBR Rds as on 30 Nov 2014

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Total No. of

rds

LTROWP Completed Under Prog Yet to

Commence

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

No Length

(km)

61 (3412 Km) 61 3412 17 616 42 2704 02 92

FOREST/ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE

PENDING CASES: Other than ICBR

State Final

approval

accorded

AIP Case pending with Total

RO/Nodal Offr

BRO State MoEF SC/NBW

L

Arunachal 34 24 31 27 1 117

Uttarakhand 9 11 9 17 5 51

J&K 70 5 11 37 2 125

Himachal 15 1 11 27

Sikkim 32 11 21 64

West Bengal 6 4 4 9 1 24

Rajasthan 1 2 3

Manipur 3 7 1 1 12

Punjab 3 3 6

Mizoram 4 1 1 2 8

Tripura/A&N 1 2 5 8

Nagaland 1 1 1

179 69 56 132 2 8 446

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• Total length : 812.0 Km (5 Roads)

• Length completed : 83.09 Km

• Physical progress : 43.72 % upto Oct 2014

• Completion schedule : 2 road in 2016, 2 in 2018 and 1

in 2022

ARUNACHAL PRADESH PACKAGE

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S.No Name of road Length

(km)

Total

appx cost

of works

(Rs in Cr)

Sanction

ed

Length

(km)

Sanct-

ioned

cost (Rs

Cr)

Length

comp-

leted

%

Physical

Progress

upto Oct

2014

PDC

1. Pasighat to Bomjor,

Meka to Digaru and

Chowkham to

Namsai

140.00 726.93 126.3 609.50 79.48 73.30 2016

2. Koloriang – Joram 158.00 747.48 17.71 106.89 0.11 29.99 2016

3. Anini – Meka 235.00 1036.4 - 10.86 - - 2022

4. Hawai –Hawa Camp

road including spur

to Tezu from Digaru

165.00 630.18 27.88 91.89 3.50 31.21 2018

5. Bame- Lekabali –

Akajan

114.00 459.56 18.17 66.01 - 33.60 2018

Total 812 3600.51 190.04 885.15 83.09 43.72

ARUNACHAL PRADESH PACKAGE

Environmental / Forest Clearances

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• Elaborate and time consuming procedures.

• Avg time taken – 2-3 yrs, in certain cases 8-9 yrs

• Delay in identification of land for compensatory afforestation by Revenue

Department.

Recommendation

• Allow BRO to start work after grant of stage-I approval (AIP).

• Priority to Border Road Projects of Strategic Importance.

• Time frame for forest wild life and environmental clearances.

• Bridges having area less than 1 Ha and tree felling less than 50 numbers may

be incl in General Approval under Section 2.

• Requested for approval under Section (2) for forest land upto 5 Ha

for BRO as has been granted to 117 LWE affected Districts.

Forest/ Wild Life Clearance

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Cases

Pending AIP Accorded

Cases Pending with

MOEF State

Govt

CEC/

NBWL/

SBWL

Total

290 84 58 139 9 206

Forest/ Wild Life Clearance:

Long Pending Cases

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Since

2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

1 1 3 7 18 11 2

Total Length affected: 2287 km

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Agency Time Taken (Months)

GS Works

CA: 41 to 62/86-98

Deptt: 37 to 54/78-90

MoRTH Works

CA: 48 to 87/111-123 Deptt: 44 to 81/105-117

Sequence of work

BRO : Challenges

Working / non working period

Work in snow bound / High Altitude Areas

Work in insurgency affected areasAvailability of Constr

Material

Availability of Contractors

Clearances: Land / Forest / Wild Life

Labour

Time / Cost overruns

Availability of Tech Manpower

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• Availability limited due to :-

Remote areas.

Restricted labour / material.

Harassment of outside Contractors by Locals.

• Contractors abandoning jobs.

Availability of contractors

BRO : The Way Ahead

Work Charged Organisation

Rds to be handed over

Enabling Initiatives

Empowerment of Executives

Procurement of latest Eqpt

Initiatives to reduce procedural delays.

Exemption from Budget Cuts.

Exemption from Ban on procurement of Vehs.

HR Issues.

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Working Period

North/ Central Sector: Mar – June, Oct- Dec

North- East: Oct - Apr

Addl factors affecting working Period / ongoing Jobs

Disaster management.

Dedicated resources at trouble spots

Working Pd

Sikkim : 18 Sep 2011

Sikkim : 18 Sep 2011

Sikkim : 18 Sep 2011

Rangpo – Rangoli - Nathula

Road Blocks

Rangpo – Rangli - Nathula

Road Blocks

Chungthang - Lachen

Road Blocks

Toong – Theng - Chungthang

Road Blocks

Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg

Formation Breaches

Road Sevoke to Gangtok

Road Gangtok to Nathula

Road Gangtok to Chungthang

Snow Clearance At Zojila Pass

BRO Creates, Connects & Cares

Discussion?

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BRO Creates, Connects & Cares

Thank you

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