Manipur, March 8 -- Border Roads Organisation (BRO)since its inception in 1960 had only male officers due to the nature of task and isolated deployments for prolonged periods cutting roads in tough terrains under most treacherous weather conditions along our land borders. Two decades back, a handful of women officers started joining but were employed in staff appointments only keeping in view the hazards of the ground tasks. Then a historical decision was taken by DGBR on March 8, 21 to provide a gender neutral environment to women officers in line with current government's theme of 'Naari Sashaktikaran' and first woman officer EE (Civ) Ms Vaishali S Hiwase was posted as Officer Commanding (OC) of a Road Construction Company (RCC). She to...