PROJECT DANTAK

• The Prime Minister has praised the initiative by Border Roads Organisation Project Dantak to commemorate 64th Raising Day.
• Project DANTAK is commemorating its Diamond Jubilee in Bhutan.
• Project DANTAK was established on April 24, 1961 by the Third King of Bhutan and then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.
• DANTAK was tasked to construct the pioneering motorable roads in Bhutan.
• Over the years, DANTAK has met the myriad infrastructure requirements in Bhutan.

Some other notable projects executed by the project include:

1. the construction of Paro Airport,
2. Yonphula Airfield,
3. Thimphu – Trashigang Highway,
4. Telecommunication & Hydro Power Infrastructure,
5. Sherubtse College, Kanglung and
6. India House Estate. 

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB