{"id":89441,"date":"2020-03-22T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T09:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14400"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T09:07:51","slug":"bro-opens-bridge-on-teesta-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bro-opens-bridge-on-teesta-river\/","title":{"rendered":"BRO opens bridge on Teesta river"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The<strong> <\/strong>Borders Road Organization has opened a bridge across Teesta river under Project Swastik.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Teesta River:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Teesta River originates in the Himalayas and flows through Sikkim and West Bengal to merge with the Brahmaputra in Assam and (Jamuna in Bangladesh).<\/li><li>Flowing through the length of Sikkim, the Teesta River is considered to be the lifeline of the state.<\/li><li>The dispute over Teesta is the most contentious issue between India and Bangladesh.<\/li><li>However, the Teesta river water sharing agreement has not been signed due to opposition from West Bengal.(River is a State subject and is notable in this context).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Border Roads Organisation(BRO):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BRO was formed in 1960 to secure India\u2019s borders and develop infrastructure in remote areas of the north and north-east states of the country.<\/li><li>It has been under the control of the Ministry of Defence since 2015.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The Borders Road Organization has opened a bridge across Teesta river under Project Swastik. Facts: About Teesta River: The Teesta River originates in the Himalayas and flows through Sikkim and West Bengal to merge with the Brahmaputra in Assam and (Jamuna in Bangladesh). Flowing through the length of Sikkim, the Teesta River is considered to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bro-opens-bridge-on-teesta-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BRO opens bridge on Teesta river<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[6793,6096],"class_list":["post-89441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-bro","tag-teesta-river","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704908626},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}