Sinha joins inaugural ceremony from Jammu
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 7: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after the latter inaugurated 22 strategically vital projects in the Union Territory from Shyok in Leh district in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
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Twenty two projects inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir were among 125 projects completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in different parts of the country.
Rajnath Singh inaugurated the projects during his one-day visit to Leh today.
LG Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, besides Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde, Mizoram Governor General (Dr) Vijay Kumar Singh, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma, Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Dr Jitendra Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi attended the event through virtual mode.
Ladakh Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, Director General of BRO Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan and General Officer Commanding, 14 Corps Lt Gen Hitesh Bhalla, other senior officials and BRO personnel also attended the event.
“These national security infrastructure projects in most complex terrains under BEACON and SAMPARK will boost military mobility by ensuring year-round access to remote areas, enhance our brave forces’ readiness for quick response and make notable contributions to local development”, LG Sinha said in a statement here.
Sinha, who joined the inauguration function through video conferencing from Lok Bhavan Jammu, expressed gratitude to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
He also expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for significantly strengthening border infrastructure and ensuring socio-economic upliftment.
The inaugurated projects, spread across J-K, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Mizoram, include 28 roads, 93 bridges and Shyok tunnel on Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie Road in Ladakh.
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