Project Dantak of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Bhutan has completed 60 years. 

What is Project Dantak?

India and Bhutan established Project Dantak on April 24, 1961.

Dantak was tasked to construct the pioneering motorable roads in Bhutan.

Highlights of Project Dantak:

• Dantak completed the road connecting Samdrup Jongkhar to Trashigang in 1968. In the same year, Thimphu was connected to Phuentsholing by Dantak.

• Some other projects executed by the project include the construction of Paro Airport, Yonphula Airfield, Thimphu–Trashigang Highway, Telecommunication & Hydro Power Infrastructure, Sherubtse College, Kanglung and India House Estate.

• The medical and education facilities established by Dantak in far flung areas were often the first in those locations. 

• The food outlets along the road introduced Indian delicacies in the country. 

• Over the years, Dantak has met the myriad infrastructure requirements in Bhutan in accordance with the vision of the rulers of the country and the aspirations of the people in a symbiotic manner.

• According to the defence ministry, over 1,200 BRO personnel laid down their lives while constructing important infrastructure in Bhutan.

Border Roads Organisation

• The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was conceptualized in March 1960, primarily to meet the defence infrastructure needs of the country, especially in the border states. 

• It is now a leading road construction agency under the ministry of defence with a primary role of providing road connectivity in border areas.

• Over the years, the organisation has diversified into the construction of steel bridges, airfields, townships, tunneling works and hydro-electric projects.

• BRO executes road construction and maintenance works along the Northern and Western frontiers primarily to meet the strategic requirements of the Army. 

• The BRO has also constructed roads in friendly foreign countries like Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, etc thus contributing towards our strategic objectives in the region.

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