Tezpur, May 7 -- Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Project VARTAK celebrated its 66th Raising Day with great pride and enthusiasm on Thursday at Tezpur, Assam, commemorating more than six decades of dedicated service towards nation-building and strategic infrastructure development in the North Eastern Region of India.

According to a press release, originally raised as Project Tusker on May 7, 1960, Project VARTAK holds the distinction of being the first project of BRO to commence road construction activities in the country. In 1963, following the Indianisation of project names, it was rechristened as Project VARTAK. Since its inception, the Project has remained at the forefront of providing vital connectivity in some of the most challengin...