CONSTRUCTION WORLD Person of the Year 2020 (Public Sector)
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CONSTRUCTION WORLD Person of the Year 2020 (Public Sector)

Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry, Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Meet a man who’s on track to achieve great heights and make the nation proud! Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry is Director General of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which, under his leadership, has ...

Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry, Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Meet a man who’s on track to achieve great heights and make the nation proud! Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry is Director General of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which, under his leadership, has many achievements to its credit. In the most recent news, at an altitude of 19,300 ft in eastern Ladakh's Umlingla Pass, BRO has constructed the world’s highest motorable road, which will help provide connectivity to boost socioeconomic conditions and tourism prospects. It reached another engineering milestone recently with the construction of Chandra Bridge located at the North Portal of Atal Tunnel, Rohtang. The 100-m-long, 12-m-wide heavy steel superstructure bridge is a technical marvel in bridge construction and BRO completed it in only 100 days. Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry assumed the appointment of Director General Border Roads in December 2020.An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers in December 1983. He spent a large amount of his service with troops in difficult areas, including the Far East, Rann of Kutch, Joshimath, the plains of Punjab, deserts and five tenures in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also been part of operations like Brasstacks, Trident, Bajrang, Rakshak and Parakram. Lt Gen Chaudhry has commanded 418 (I) Fd Coy, 62 Engr Regt and 471 Engr Bde, where he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service. He was also responsible for conducting the first and only engineer brigade exercise with the US engineer brigade, Yudh Abhyas, in March 2012.  Further, he was nominated as Ex Director of Force 18, one of the largest multinational exercises on humanitarian mine action, in March 2016. What’s more, he was selected for planning and preparing the initial designs for the first strategic command post with CBRN protection in the country after the nuclear tests in May 1998.The general officer is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command, and the National Defence College. He has served as senior instructor of the Bomb Disposal School at CME, where he spearheaded the project to transform it into an Explosive Devices Wing. He also has to his credit the creation of the first ever IED Rg in India at CME. He has been commander of CTW and commander at the Faculty of Comb Engg at CME. Further, he had a successful stint as chief engineer, Southern Command, and, thereafter, ADG LW&E in QMG’s Branch.

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Kobelco CE India Marks Milestone with 20,000th Excavator

Kobelco Construction Equipment India (KCEI), a subsidiary of Japan-based Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., has reached a significant production milestone by rolling out its 20,000th excavator at its manufacturing plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. This facility serves both domestic and international markets, reinforcing India’s role as a key production center for Kobelco.Takemichi Hirakawa, Managing Director & CEO, Kobelco Construction Equipment India, said, ""Reaching the 20,000th excavator production milestone reflects our commitment to delivering high-quality construction equipment...

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Infrastructure Transport

Cabinet Approves Highway from JNPA to Chowk in Maharashtra

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of a 6-lane access-controlled Greenfield High-Speed National Highway from JNPA Port (Pagote) to Chowk in Maharashtra. The 29.219 km project will be developed on a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) toll model at an estimated cost of Rs 45 billion. As part of the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, the project aims to enhance road connectivity to major ports, addressing increasing container traffic at JNPA and the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport. Currently, heavy co..

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Infrastructure Urban

Effective Implementation of MGNREGA in the Last Decade

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), enacted in 2005, aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by guaranteeing at least 100 days of wage employment per year to willing adult members of rural households performing unskilled manual labour. Over the years, the government has significantly increased budget allocations for the scheme. From Rs 113 billion in 2006-07, the allocation rose to Rs 330 billion in 2013-14 and reached a record Rs 860 billion in 2024-25. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21, the government spent Rs 1,110 billion under MGNREG..

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