Drass, August 31, 2026/ VOL News Desk/ Deputy Commissioner Drass, Imteeaz Kacho (JKAS), chaired a meeting today to review the status and progress of the BRO road project and Swadesh Darshan Projects in Holiyal and Mushko Valley of Drass District.
The meeting was attended by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Drass, Vishal Atri; Executive Engineer, Tourism Development Authority of Kargil; Executive Engineer, REW-Drass; Block Development Officer, Drass; In-charge Officer, Operation Vijayak and ...
Leh, August 18, 2026/ VOL News Desk/ Administrative Secretary, PWD/R&B, UT Ladakh, Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary, today chaired a review meeting to assess the progress of road and infrastructure projects being executed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) across Ladakh. The meeting focused on project-wise physical and financial progress, land acquisition, wildlife clearances, fund utilisation, pending liabilities and completion timelines.
Chief Engineer, Project Vijayak, presented an overview...
Adv Sonam Wangdus
VOL News Desk/ Anyone who has travelled the high-altitude highways of Ladakh has seen them, even if only in passing. I have spent years framing the austere beauty of the Himalayas through my camera lens. Again and again, my eye is drawn not to the mountains themselves, but to the figures working quietly in the foreground. Against the immensity of the landscape, they appear almost insignificant, small silhouettes bent over shovels, brooms and pickaxes. Yet it is their labour ...
Stress on prioritising local labourers in BRO & Highway Projects
Kargil, June 14: Chairman, CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Dr. Mohd Jaffer Akhoon along with Member of Parliament, Ladakh, Haji Mohamad Haneefa Jan called on Director General, Border Road Organisation and MoS for Road and Transport.
The CEC and MP urged the officials for engagement of local labourers in BRO projects in the region.
In a meeting with the Director General of BRO, Dr. Akhoon and Mohmad Haneefa Jan emphasised the impo...
Kargil, May 24: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Project Vijayak in Kargil has successfully utilized the indigenous REJUPAVE road construction technology in Drass Kargil. Developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), under the Ministry of Science and Technology, REJUPAVE was used to construct high-altitude bituminous roads in low and sub-zero temperatures on the Drass-Umbala-Sankoo Road, located in Drass, the world’s second col...
Kargil, Jan 21: Several delegations called on Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd.) at Raj Niwas, Kargil on the fifth day of his visit to Kargil. Secretary to HLG, Ravinder Kumar; Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil, Shrikant Suse; Superintendent of Police, Kargil, Anayat Ali Chowdhary and Joint Director, Information, Ladakh, Imteeaz Kacho were present on the occasion.
A delegation led by Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, K argil, Dr Mohd Jaffer Akhoon comprising Executive Council...
Leh, Jan 14: Lieutenant Governor Brigadier (Dr.) BD Mishra presided a meeting at Raj Niwas, Leh, with Lieutenant General Raghu Srinivasan, Director General of the Border Roads Organization (DG BRO), and key officials from the BRO and Ladakh Administration.
The LG appreciate BRO for keeping the Zojila Pass open even in the winter months. He shared the concerns raised by the Chairman of LAHDC Kargil regarding the clearance work at Zojila from both sides by Project Vijayak and Project Beacon...
