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These signs along the roads These are Umling La (19,300 ft); Dungri La, also known are technically not milestones as Mana Pass (18,406 ft); Khardung La (17,882 ft) but they serve an equally [wrongly mentioned as 18,380 ft and also as the Humorous good purpose of breaking the Highest motorable pass]; Tanglang La (17,480 ft) and Road Signs monotony of long tiresome Chang La (17,586 ft). ‘La’ means a mountain pass. The by BRO journey through the desolate, hardy men of BRO quickly clear landslides, avalanches barren, dangerous and and snow block on the routes maintained by them and sometime desolate areas of facilitate uninterrupted movement of traffic in all the Indian Himalayas. weathers. Border Road Organisation has its own construction wing known as Road Construction Reading these hilarious and Companies (RCCs). The BRO also played a vital role in thought provoking signs provide much needed caution reconstruction work in the aftermath of the devastating and relief while driving on treacherous stretches. Some 2004 tsunami in Tamil Nadu, the 2005 Kashmir of these depict great sense of humour. earthquake, and the 2010 Ladakh flash floods. Roads in hilly, mountainous and also dense jungle regions of India, specially around Indian borders with countries, like China, Nepal, Pakistan, Mayanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh are mostly maintained by Border Road Organisation (BRO) through General Reserve Engineering Force of the Indian Army. These signs, erected by BRO, not only add colour to the muted surroundings but also send an alert signal to weary drivers. The BRO manages its jobs through its Task Forces, mentioned on these signs as TF. 753 Task Force Altitude or height from Mean Sea Level 51 Road Construction Company Some of these Task Forces are named as Arunank, Beacon, Brahmank, Chetak etc. The BRO operates and maintains thousands of kilometres of roads, bridges, tunnels and many an airfields in the country. In India, some of the roads run-over the highest motorable mountain passes in the world. 24
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