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

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