3.3.4. Border Roads Organization

BRO is a road construction executive force, integral to and in support of the Army. It started operations in May 1960 with just two projects namely Project Tusker (renamed Project Vartak) in the East and Project Beacon in the West.

The BRO has not only linked the border areas of the North and North-East with the rest of the country but has also developed the road infrastructure in Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.

In addition, it has been entrusted with construction of roads in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Myanmar. It successfully completed 215 km Delaram-Zaranj road in Afghanistan despite the prevailing insurgency.