Project Swastik of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) proudly celebrated its 65th Raising Day at Gangtok on Wednesday, marking over six decades of dedicated service, resilience, and engineering excellence in one of the most challenging operational environments of the nation.
Established in 1960, Project Swastik has played a pivotal role in connecting the remote valleys and forward areas of Sikkim to the national mainstream, while ensuring critical connectivity to support the operational requirements of the Armed Forces.
Over the past 65 years, the Project has constructed and maintained 1,412 kilometres of roads and more than 80 major bridges across some of the most challenging high-altitude terrain. Despite recurring challenges such as glacial lake outburst floods, cloudbursts, and freq