Highlights 1 More powers have been delegated to Border Roads Organisation for completion of projects. Concerned over inordinate delays in the construction of strategic roads along the India-China border, the defence ministry has delegated more administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for the speedy completion of the projects. The defence ministry has also approved policy guidelines to allow the BRO to engage big construction companies for taking up road projects on a turnkey basis. Official sources said the Indian Army was unhappy over delays in the implementation of the India-China Border Roads and had requested the defence ministry to speed up the project, originally scheduled for completion in 2012. Earlier, all cases of revision of norms of equipment had to be referred to the defence ministry.

Source: India Today August 20, 2017 12:29 UTC