Defence Ministry approves delegation of powers to BRO
The Ministry of
Defence has decided to delegate administrative
and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) right upto the
level of Chief Engineer and Task Force Commander, so as to avoid delays on
account of references between the Chief Engineer and HQ DGBR and also between
HQ DGBR and the Ministry.
For adopting the DPR mode of execution, there is
a need to outsource consultancy services. According to the earlier delegation
of powers, a Chief Engineer had powers only upto Rs. 10 lakh, ADGBR upto Rs. 50
lakh and DGBR upto Rs. 2 crore. The Ministry of
Defence has now enhanced the powers of Chief
Engineer to accord administrative approval for outsourcing of consultancy
services upto Rs. 2 crore and ADGBR upto Rs. 5 crore and full powers beyond Rs.
5 crore to DGBR.
The BRO is engaged in road construction
activities in the most difficult areas and the usage norms and fixation of life
of construction equipment varies from terrain to terrain.
Earlier, all cases of revision of norms of
equipment and fixation of life had to be referred to the Ministry
of Defence. In a departure from the earlier
policy, full powers in this regard have been delegated to DGBR.
It is expected that with delegation of powers by
the Ministry of Defence to the
BRO, the pace of road construction in border areas would improve and the BRO
would be able to complete ongoing/new projects in compressed timelines.
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