When thousands of people across seven border districts get cut off from the rest of the world every monsoon, someone in power finally has to speak up. Arunachal’s Law Minister Kento Jini just did.
A Letter That Needed to Be Written
Arunachal Pradesh Law, Legislative and Justice Minister Kento Jini has written to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, urging the Centre to hand over the Akajan-Likabali-Bame (ALB) Road project back to the Border Roads Organisation — better known as the BRO. The minister first thanked the Centre for declaring the ALB Road a strategic project, then got straight to the point: BRO should be the one building and maintaining it, not anyone else.
Seven Districts. One Road. Zero Connectivity Right Now.
This isn’t just about paperwork or bureaucratic reshuffling. The ALB Road is a lifeline — literally — for seven border districts of Arunachal Pradesh: Lower Siang, Leparada, West Siang, Shi Yomi, Siang, Upper Siang and Upper Subansiri. Right now, the Likabali-Basar-Bame-Aalo stretch is completely disrupted thanks to rain-triggered landslides and flash floods. A massive landslide at the Siji block point has made things even worse, leaving thousands of commuters stranded. That’s not a minor inconvenience — it’s an emergency that has been dragging on.
Why BRO? The History Tells You Everything.
Here’s the thing people often forget. The ALB Road was originally constructed, maintained and managed by the BRO. It was only during 2014-15 that it got transferred to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, NHIDCL. Jini is now pushing to undo that decision, arguing that BRO has the experience, the track record and the muscle to work efficiently in exactly this kind of difficult, high-altitude border terrain. And honestly, looking at the ground situation right now, it’s hard to argue otherwise.
A Minister Who Knows the Ground Reality
Jini himself represents the Aalo East Assembly constituency in West Siang district — one of the very districts being cut off by this road crisis. So this isn’t a distant politician making statements from a comfortable office in Itanagar. He lives with the consequences of this broken connectivity. In his letter, he stressed that restoring the project to BRO would not only mean better quality construction but also timely completion and, most importantly, uninterrupted access for the people living in Arunachal’s remote border regions.
The Bigger Picture Arunachal Can’t Ignore
Roads in border areas are never just about convenience. They carry strategic weight — for defence movement, for disaster response, for the simple dignity of remote communities feeling connected to the rest of the country. With tensions always simmering along India’s northeastern frontiers, having a reliable road infrastructure managed by an organisation that actually knows this terrain isn’t optional — it’s essential. The ball is now in the Centre’s court. Let’s see if it bounces back fast enough.
— Naitik
Abotani TV
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