Vijayan Kutty G of BRO conferred with Shaurya Chakra (Posthumously) on R-Day

JAMMU: Late Vijayan Kutty G of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for his gallantry act while posted with 110 RCC Road Construction Company/ 31 BRTF/Project Sampark has been was conferred with Shaurya Chakra, posthumously on the occasions of 76th Republic Day.

Vijayan Kutty G was born on 20 May 1975 in Kunnattoor Villvilage, Kollam District at Kerala. He completed his education up to high School from Kadampanad (Kerala) and got enrolled in the Border Roads Organisation on 11 Oct 1995 as a Pioneer. With his hard work and devotion to duty he got promoted to Operator Equipment Machinery (OEM) on 03 Mar 2005.
During his service he served in varied locations/sector to include Northern, Eastern and Western Command in an extremely remote and hostile locations. He also has the distinction of serving in Bhutan as part of Project Dantak.

Being a well-trained and an experience Operator of heavy Equipment Machinery (OEM) he was deployed with JCB Wheel Loader on Reasi- Arnas-Mahore road in (J&K) Sector for formation cutting of approaches of Khurd Bridge on an extremely vital and strategic road.

On 15 Jun 2024 at about 1035 hrs while he was working at the location on Reasi-Arnas-Mahore road, the wheel Loader suddently got out of control and rolled towards the valley. Unmindful of his safety he attempted to take control of the machine. Despite of all his efforts due to loose ground on the valley side of the road caved and the JCB wheel Loader along with the operator Vijayan Kutty G went down the deep gorge of the valley. Vijayan kutty G sustained multiple injuries on his head/ other parts of his body and sacrificed his life in the line of duty, tragically on an extremely important road stretch.

He made the supreme sacrifice displaying the indomitable courage in the face of adversity. For making the supreme sacrifice, displaying exceptional courage and devotion to duty under most challenging conditions, while working on a vital strategic road he was awarded “SHAURYA SHAKRA (Posthumously)” by President Droupadi Murmu on 26 Jan 2025.

The supreme sacrifice of Late Vijayan Kutty G will motivate generations to come to take on challenging tasks and the Nation will remember his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty forever