BRO Intensify Efforts to Restore Road Connectivity

Border Road Organisation has further intensified its efforts to restore road connectivity in the flood affected areas of Uttarakhand. BRO has pressed in to service more than 95 excavators and Bull dozers. Many more are on the way. About 4000 BRO personnel and laborers are working day and nights. Due to heavy rains in the entire region road clearance work has hampered at many places and roads blocked due to fresh land slides and breaches.  However these are being cleared quickly.  Due to fresh landslides Rishikesh – Uttarkashi road has blocked at 7 places and clearance work is going on .Similarly Rishikesh  Joshimath - Badrinath axis was also blocked at two points due to water logging and fresh land slides and breaches. BRO has constructed two improvised log bridges between Songangaand Gaurikund on Rudraprayaga axis. This has greatly helped evacuation of about 2000 pilgrims from Gaurikund by land route. A readymade foot Bridge is being launched across river Alaknanda near Badrinath. Road Rishikesh-Dharasu- Uttarkashi - Gangotri :- Road up to Uttarkashi was blocked due to fresh land slides at 7 locations . The clearance work is going on . Beyond Uttarkashi there are major breaches at four locations. Road clearance work has also been  started from Gangotri side ,and  road has been   opened up to Harshil .Efforts are on to open the road between Uttarkashi and Harshil which has suffered major damages. BRO has made several foot tracks to help stranded passengers and also provided shelters food and transportation to pilgrims. Rudraprayag-Gaurikund Road :- Presently the road from Rudraprayaga side has been cleared upto  7  km. Now efforts are on to clear the road between km 07 to 35.  The continuous rain has disrupted clearance works and also damaged some stretches which were earlier repaired. BRO has constructed two improvised log bridges betweenSonganga and Gaurikund on Rudraprayaga axis. This has greatly helped evacuation of about 2000 pilgrims fromGaurikund by land route. Other roads in Uttarakhand :- Many other lateral roads with BRO in Uttarakhand have also suffered extensive damages. The road clearance work has also started on these roads however full focus will shift to these roads once the major axes are open.