Arunachal: Border roads organization bike rally from New Delhi reaches Arunachal.

ITANAGAR: On the third leg of its expedition, the ‘India@75 BRO Motorcycle Expedition’ team reached Arunachal Pradesh to a rousing welcome.

The Border Roads Organization (BRO) is conducting the expedition from 14 October to 27 December, touching all corners of the country to spread awareness about the contribution of the BRO in nation-building, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Welcoming the expedition team at the Raj Bhavan here, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein highlighted “the yeoman service being rendered by the BRO in connecting places and connecting people in the country in general and Arunachal Pradesh in particular.”Mein also flagged off the next leg of the expedition towards Pasighat.

The BRO simultaneously conducted medical camps in remote areas of Yazali, Joram, Pipa, Koloriang and Kimin. In addition, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and road safety campaigns were conducted at Daporijo, Bame, Taliha and Likabali concurrently with the motorcycle expedition.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had flagged off the expedition from Delhi on 14 October. A first of its kind, the expedition, being undertaken by 75 riders from the BRO, will cover 20,000 kms over 75 days before culminating in New Delhi on 27 December.

Gaurav Triparthi, a team member of border roads organization informed that they travelled 6000 km from Ladakh kashmir, crossing UP and bihar and bengal,Sikkim and reached northeast now.Gaurav informed that the main motto of this bike rally is to commemorate the 75th independence day year and Azadi ka mahotsav. Bike rally aimed to guide youths to join Borderroad organization and defence. The members visited old age homes and did medical camp on the long way journey.

Brig. A S kanwar, the Chief Engineer of Arunank project informed that the purpose of this rally is to showcase the achievements of border roads organization since six decades. All the motorcyclists comprise of army and GREF and BRO.