Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday (October 12, 2024) e-inaugurated 75 infrastructure projects — 22 roads, 51 bridges, and two other miscellaneous projects – constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at a cost of ₹2,236 crore and spread across 11 border States and Union Territories including Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the headquarters of 33 Corps at Sukna Military Station in West Bengal. He later performed Shastra puja and celebrated Dussehra with troops there.

Of the 75 projects, 19 are in Jammu & Kashmir, 18 in Arunachal Pradesh, 11 in Ladakh, nine in Uttarakhand, six in Sikkim, five in Himachal Pradesh, two each in West Bengal and Rajasthan and one each in Nagaland, Mizoram, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. One of the main highlights was the inauguration of the Kupup-Sherathang Road in Sikkim which serves as a crucial link between Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg and Zuluk axis, a Defence Ministry statement said