Itanagar, Oct 12: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt. General KT Parnaik (Retd.) virtually participated from Raj Bhavan, Itanagar in the e-inauguration of 75 Projects of the Border Roads Organisations by Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh on Saturday. 
Singh on Saturday, e-inaugurated 75 infrastructure projects — 22 roads, 51 bridges, and two other miscellaneous projects - constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at a cost of ₹2,236 crore and spread across 11 border States and Union Territories including Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the headquarters of 33 Corps at Sukna Military Station in West Bengal. He later performed Shastra puja and celebrated Dussehra with troops there.
Of the 75 projects, 19 are in Jammu & Kashmir, 18 in Arunachal Pradesh, 11 in Ladakh, nine in Uttarakhand, six in Sikkim, five in Himachal Pradesh, two each in West Bengal and Rajasthan and one each in Nagaland, Mizoram, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. One of the main highlights was the inauguration of the Kupup-Sherathang Road in Sikkim which serves as a crucial link between Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg and Zuluk axis, a Defence Ministry statement said.
Arunachal Pradesh Governor, who has been emphasizing infrastructure development in the State said all the road, bridge and helipad projects are strategically important for the State and the country. He said that these completed projects will further reinforce national security, facilitate in strengthening surface and air communication and boost Arunachal Tourism.
The Governor expressed gratitude to the Central Government on behalf of the people of the State for the successful implementation of the vital projects in Arunachal Pradesh. He said that these infrastructures will promote socio-economic development in the State, particularly in the border areas, sustaining the Vibrant Border Village programme and assisting the State Government’s flagship ‘Seva Aapke Dwar’, where State administration and government machinery reach out to the people at their doorstep. 

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