A massive road rehabilitation programme taken up by the Boarder Roads Organisation (BRO) in flood affected areas of Uttarakhand has gained further momentum.
BRO has pressed in to service more than 95 excavators and bull dozers and many more are on the way. About 4000 BRO personnel and laborers are working day and night.
K KRazdan Chief Engineer, Project Shivalik which is located at Rishikesh, is supervising the work. He has surveyed the whole damaged areas and more resources are being pumped in priority area on Rudraprayaga- Gaurikund axis and Govindgaht-Badrinath axis.
A wooden foot bridge and 300 m foot tract across hard rock has been made. 300 pilgrims and 2000 mules have been rescued from Gaurikund.
On Joshimath - Badrinath axis the construction of a foot track is under progress and a ready made foot Bridge is being launched across river Alaknanda. It is expected that after completion of these, the stranded passengers from Badrinath side may also be rescued by land route.
