Leh: The Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Leh Gyal P. Wangyal in presence of Chief Engineer Project HIMANK Brig Arvinder Singh, CDR 753 BRTF Col Abishek Khanna, OC 111 RCC Maj. A.S Bhandari and Councillor Igoo Tsering Paldan inaugurated 60 feet Meru Bridge over Gya-Meru Nallah at Meru village constructed by BRO 111 RCC as a welfare gesture to the village.
The BRO 111 RCC undertook the task of building the Meru Bridge on Gya-Meru stream from 17th February 2020 following requests received from the LAHDC, Leh to help the villagers and today the bridge was opened to the farmers who have their houses and chunk of agriculture land across the stream.
Addressing the function CEC Wangyal congratulated the people of Meru village for having this vital bridge launched by BRO which will help famers a lot to cultivate their land across the river properly as farmers were facing lots of challenges earlier. He said that this bridge was one of the old and pending demands of the village since 2010 and due to shortage of funds Hill Council Leh could not construct the bridge till date. Wangyal on behalf of LAHDC, Leh and Meru village thanked Chief Engineer Project HIMANK Brig Arvinder Singh, BRO officers, soldiers and labours for constructing this bridge in record time and highly appreciated their good will gesture towards Meru village.
Meanwhile, CEC Wangyal also made people aware about COVID-19 and appealed people to not panic and urged them to take precautionary measure advised by the medial experts. Responding to the demands of village including installation of mobile tower, upgradation of medical sub centre, construction of community hall etc, CEC said that now all pending and genuine demands will be addressed as there will be no shortage of funds in UT Ladakh.
Chief Engineer Project HIMANK Brig Arvinder Singh speaking on the occasion said that the main objective of HIMANK in Ladakh is to connect the far-off villages with rest of the world and assured that HIMANK will be always on front in welfare of the locals The Councillor Igoo Tsering Paldan and Nambarder Meru also thanked BRO for constructing the bride, which has brought much relief to farmers of village and requested BRO to construct two more culverts in the Gya-Meru valley to ease the life of villagers.
The doctor of BRO also educated people about the do’s and don’ts related to COVID-19 advised them to follow basic protective measures so that they can keep themselves safe from the Novel Coronavirus. The villagers also presented cultural programme on the occasion.
