About Project Himank:
- It is a project of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) in the Ladakh.
- Objective: Development of road communication in the Ladakh region.
- The entire area of responsibility of the project falls in high altitude with challenging working conditions and a limited working season.
- The Project ensures the maintenance of communication and access to strategic areas close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
Key Facts about Border Roads Organization (BRO):
- It is a road construction executive force in India that provides support to the Indian Armed Forces.
- BRO was entirely brought under the Ministry of Defence in 2015.
- It develops and maintains road networks in India’s border areas and friendly neighboring countries.
- This includes infrastructure operations in 19 states and three union territories (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and neighboring countries such as Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tajikistan, and Sri Lanka.
- BRO specialises in constructing and maintaining Roads, Bridges, Tunnels, Airfields and Marine Works across some of the world’s most challenging terrains.
- The BRO also has an operational role during national emergencies and the outbreak of hostilities, when it provides direct support to the Army in the maintenance of roads in the forward zones and executes other functions specified by the government.
- In order to ensure coordination and expeditious execution of projects, the Government of India set up the Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) with the Prime Minister as Chairman of the Board and the Defence Minister as Deputy Chairman.
- Motto: Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam (everything is achievable through hard work).
