Project hirak of BRO
Project Hirak of Border Road Organisation (BRO) was assigned work on NH-16 from Km 199 (Chennur in Andhra Pradesh) to Km 492 (Sosanpal in Chhattisgarh), a total length of 293 Kms. Out of this 188.745 Kms has already been completed. In order to enable BRO to give priority to strategic border roads, Government has closed Project Hirak on 1.4.2011 and handed over NH-16 to State PWD for balance construction.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Hansraj G. Ahir in Lok Sabha today.
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