What is Military Engineer Services?
Ans. Military Engineer Services (MES) is an inter services organisation working directly under Ministry of Defence. MES is the oldest and one of the largest government construction agencies in the country. MES provides work services support to all three arms of Services (Army, Navy and Air force), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Director General of Ordnance Factory (DGOF), Director General of Quality and Assurance (DGQA), Defence Accounts Department (DAD), Coast Guard and Kendra Vidyalaiya Sangathan (KVS). MES has a very wide spectrum of construction activities ranging from conventional buildings to heady blend of multistoryed apartments, sophisticated workshop sheds, complex R & D and industrial facilities, naval bases, marine structures, runways, hangers, blast pens, radar facilities and ammunition depots etc. MES not only plans and construct these facilities alongwith all connected services such as water supply, electric supply, wastewater treatment, air condit