Tag Archives: Border Roads Organisation

The Border Roads Organisation marked its 65th Raising Day in May this year. According to the Defence Ministry, the BRO will soon commence the construction of the 4.10-km long Shinkun La Tunnel. Once completed, this will become the world’s highest tunnel at 15,800 ft by passing Mila Tunnel in China at 15,590 ft. In his address on the Raising Day, ...

Inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2024, Arunachal Pradesh’s Sela Tunnel is the world’s largest bi-lane tunnel. It will usher in a new era of economic prosperity for the Tawang region, fostering trade, tourism, employment and overall development. Constructed at an altitude of 13000 feet on the Balipara-Charduar-Tawang road connecting Tezpur to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Sela ...

With the rapid development of highway construction in India, more and more highways have been built in the cold region with high latitudes and high altitudes. Heavy snows in the cold region cause the soil freezing and snow cover on the pavement in tunnel portals and greatly reduce the friction coefficient of pavement. This often results in motor vehicle accidents ...

Owing to the subduction phenomenon, tunnel construction in the Himalayan region is probably the most challenging construction activity in the field of civil engineering. Sela Tunnel Project is undeniably the most complex and difficult project being taken up in the nation today. Once completed the tunnel will offer the world the longest bi-lane tunnel at an altitude above 13,000ft; another ...

In directives issued to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), state governments and state Public Works Departments (PWDs) the central government has directed that all future national highways must be made least two-and-a-half lanes. About a fourth of the national highways in the country are single laned at present. As per the government plan about ...

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is in the process of laying all-weather roads which will link Jammu and Kashmir with Ladakh and other neighbouring areas. These areas remain inaccessible for quite some time of the year at present due to snow and other severe weather conditions. The two roads which already connect the state with Ladakh and other areas are ...