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The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited (BBJ) constructed Howrah Bridge / Rabindra Setu by fabricate 26500 MT of steel. Howrah bridge designers in town for health audit. "The bridge has stood as a symbol of strength and innovation for decades. It will continue to do so in the years to come," Rathendra Raman, chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, said.. Published on Times of India, Kolkata Edition, on 05th December, 2024.

The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company (BBJ), a Govt. of India enterprise, pays Homage to Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) on his 160th Birth Anniversary (12th January, 2022) and observed Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsave (AKAM). Published on various news paper The Statesman - Kolkata & Siliguri edition (26th January, 2022) etc.

The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company (BBJ), a Govt. of India enterprise, observed Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsave (AKAM). Published on various news paper The Indian Express - Kolkata edition (22nd January, 2022), Jansatta - Kolkata edition (21st January, 2022) etc.

Brig. B. D. Pandey, SM (Retd.), the Chairman & Managing Director along with Shri Sundar Banerjee, Director - Projects and Shri Gora Chand Jash, General Manager - Finance of The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited with handed over dividend for the Financial Year 2015-16 @30% of its profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 13,32,14,700.00 to Shri Anant Geete, Honb'le Minister of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises, in presence of Shri Babul Supriyo, Honb'le Minister of State, Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises. Published on 26th December, 2016 in The Telegraph.

INAUGURATION OF MUNGER BRIDGE OVER RIVER GANGA Inauguration of mega project, the rail-cum-road bridge at Munger over river Ganga by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Minister of State for Railways, Shri Manoj Sinha flagged off a special passenger train between Begusarai and Jamalpur at a function at Begusarai, which will pass through this mega bridge. [Published in The Telegraph March,2016 , The Times of India April, 2016 and The Telegraph April, 2016]

The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited (BBJ), Central Public Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Heavy Industries, Govt. of India, was incorporated in 1935 for construction of first Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu). BBJ become a Govt. company w.e.f. 13th August 1987. BBJ at present operates from its Registered office at 27, R. N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700001 with site offices all over India. BBJ is known as "BRIDGE BUILDERS TO THE NATION". [Published on a widely circulated weekly magazine INDIA TODAY, Volume XL Number 5; For the week January 27-February 2, 2015].

The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited was given the SKOCH Order of Merit Certificate for India's Best Projects-2014 on November, 2014. This award for the mega project "Rail-cum-Road Bridge over river Ganga at Munger, Bihar". Published on various news papers [The Economic Times, The Times of India etc. on 04th and 5th December of 2014]

Train movement will be start on the new Rail-cum-Road Bridge over river Ganga at Munger, Bihar, within few months... Published on City Edition of various Hindi newspapers [ Hindustan, Prabhat Khabar, Dainik Jagran etc. on 27th December, 2014.]

Brig.. B. D. Pandey, S.M.(Retd.) joined as Managing Director of The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited. [Published in "The Times of India", on 04.07.2014] .

The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited (BBJ), the company that built the Howrah Bridge / Rabindra Setu, 2nd Hooghly Bridge / Vidyasagar Setu over river Ganga and many more landmark bridges in India, has turned around and looking at INR 500 Crore turnover by 2015.... Published on widely circulated daily news paper The Economic Times, Kolkata edition on 20th November, 2012

Business Publications USA - Publishes news on Indian Infrastructure Industry. [Published on May 2012] . Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises, DPE, awarded Turnaround CPSE award - 2010 to The BBJ Construction Company Limited. [Published in Times of India, 2010] .

Opening of works at Munger for the mega project rail-cum-road bridge at Munger over river Ganga by the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee [Published on the Times of India December, 2002]