Army, BRO restore road link between Rajouri and Buhal

Another bailey bridge is also being constructed by them over river Ans at Kotranka so as to restore critical road link between Rajouri and Reasi districts. The road link between them had got broken following the washing away of one of the abutments of a concrete bridge during flash floods separating nearly 1.40 lakh people living on both sides of the river from each other.

During the last few days, nearly 10,000 personnel of Army engineers and the Border Roads Organization, equipped with an over 400 dozers, excavators and JCBs, besides 300 tippers and dumpers, have restored road links at over 1,000 places which had been damaged by landslides and flash floods. This has been apart from various bridges constructed by them across the state, Colonel Goswami pointed out.