New Director General of Border Roads

Devendra Yadav
Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava has taken over as the 25th Director General Border Roads (DGBR)

Question: Recently who has taken over as the 25th Director General Border Roads (DGBR)?
(a) Lieutenant General BK Srivastava
(b) Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma
(c) Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava
(d) Lieutenant General J. S Cheema
Ans:(c)
Related facts:

  • On 1 February 2017; Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava has taken over as the 25th Director General Border Roads (DGBR).
  • He has replaced Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma.
  • Lt Gen SK Shrivastava was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in 1980.
  • The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was formed on 7 May 1960 to secure India’s borders and develop infrastructure in remote areas of the north and North-East states of the country.
  • The organisation’s operations are spread across India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157874
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation