Gunji to Jolingkong road opened by BRO
Gunji to Jolingkong road opened by BRO
B.D.Kasniyal
Pithoragarh, Feb 15
Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) of 65 Road Construction Company (RCC) of Border Roads Organisation today opened 36 km long Gunji to Jolingkong motor road leading to ‘Adi Kailash’, the road, situated at 14500 feet high Himalayan region which was closed after January 23, due to heavy snowfall of over 10 feet.
“The road could be opened with the help of 5 JCB machines and local labourers who continued the work of removing the snow working dedicatedly in minus 15 degree celsius temperature,” said Col. Prasant Ringh, commander of BRTF of BRO.
The BRO task force at first opened 16 km long road from Gunji to Kuti, some days ago and opened rest of 20 km of the road today.
“After the BRO opened the ‘Adi Kailash’ motor road after removing snow deposits from there, the villagers of Kuti will now be able to reach their village in winter,” said Nagendra Singh Kutiyal, gram Pradhan of Kuti village.
The route to Kuti and ‘Adi Kailash’ used to close for over 6 months in winter due to heavy snowfall deposits, as due to non- availability of snow removing mechanism, the villagers used to wait natural melting of snow.
