BRO Motorcycle Expedition Team receives a rousing welcome in Shillong, Meghalaya

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 23, 2021

India@75 BRO Motorcycle Expedition team received a rousing welcome in Shillong, Meghalaya.

Sunil Kumar Choubey, SE(Civ), Officiating Chief Engineer, HQ R&D Estt(BRO) welcomed the expedition team to Meghalaya at HQ R&D Estt (BRO) Shillong today.

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is conducting India@75 BRO Motorcycle expedition from October 14 to December 27 touching all corners of the country to spread awareness of the contribution of BRO in nation building and road safety amongst others as part of the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav.

Expedition is being conducted in seven legs. State of Meghalaya is being covered in Leg 4 which commenced at Doomdooma in Arunachal Pradesh on November 16  and will end at Kolkata on November 26.

Raksha Mantri Ji, Rajnath Singh had flagged off the Motorcycle expedition from National War Memorial Delhi on October 14.

First of its kind, this expedition will cover 20,000 kms over 75 days with more than 75 Riders including Officers and Other Ranks from BRO.

The expedition will culminate at New Delhi on December 27 after traversing the entire perimeter of India.

As a part of an outreach programme organised by HQ R&D Estt, the expedition team visited Saint Claret Higher.

Secondary  School,  Umkdait, Nongmengsong, Shillong and was accorded a rousing reception by Principal Fr Siby Kuriakose, Principal and students who were addressed on the issue of  National Integration and infrastructure development of far flung and inaccessible part of the country specially North and  North East of  India. 

The expedition has both social and military themes.

It aims to motivate youth to join the elite BRO, and also to interact with Gallantry Awardees, Ex-Servicemen and War Widows enroute.

It also aims to spread the accomplishments of the nation towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat through several public outreach programmes.

The event to felicitate the expedition was organised by HQ Research and Development Establishment (BRO). 

While speaking on the occasion, Sunil Kumar Choubey, SE(Civ), Officiating Chief Engineer HQ R & D Estt (BRO) highlighted the yeoman service being done by BRO in connecting places, connecting people in the country in general and Meghalaya in particular. He also urged the youth of the State to contribute towards nation building.

Major General D.K Singh, SM, Officiating Director General, Assam Rifles flagged off the expedition for their next Phase of journey towards Kolkata and wished them all the best.