Pithoragarh: A crucial bridge on the Munsyari-Milam road near the India-China border in Uttarakhand that collapsed on June 22 when an earthmover was being taken across it has been rebuilt by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) within a record time of five days. Traffic was restored on the stretch on Saturday. A BRO official who did not wish to be named, told TOI that the bridge reconstruction was taken up on priority since it is a “strategic important link.” “Generally, it takes around a month to build a bridge like this but we were able to complete the reconstruction of this bridge in a record time.”
The 110-foot-long bridge with a capacity of carrying a weight of around 30 tonnes, is important for BRO’s construction of the 64-km-long Munsyari-Milam Road which once completed will facilitate easy movement of Army and ITBP personnel to the higher Himalayan posts along the China border. Sources said that the BRO had undertaken the bridge restoration on priority as it is the only route for movement of vehicles involved in the road construction.
Speaking to TOI, Pithoragarh district magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande said, “BRO has entrusted the work to a private construction company and the bridge collapse occurred when the workers were moving heavy equipment. The bridge collapse had also cut off over a dozen villages in the area. We have now set up an inquiry panel regarding the collapse, under the Munsyari sub-divisional magistrate who will submit a report within 15 days.”
Meanwhile, the DM also said that the BRO has completed the construction of two more bridges on the strategically crucial road connecting Dharchula and Lipulekh Pass, inaugurated recently by Union defence minister Rajnath Singh. “The construction of bridges at Bundi and Malap were pending when the road was inaugurated by the defence minister. These have been completed on June 8 and June 26 respectively. Both will be thrown open for vehicle movement on Monday. However, passenger vehicles will be allowed on these bridges only once a week, which is most likely to be Sunday,” he added.
Source: ToI
Image Courtesy: Head Topics
You may also like
-
IAF Aircraft Set Course For Exercise Eastern Bridge VII At Oman
-
IAF Set To Host The Indian Defence Aviation Exposition-II At Jodhpur
-
Dot Simplifies Approval Processes For Telecom Licenses And Wireless Equipment
-
Defence Secretary to co-chair 5th India-Philippines Joint Defence Cooperation Committee meeting in Manila
-
Simultaneous Launch Of ‘malpe And Mulki’, Fourth And Fifth Ships Of Asw Swc (Csl) Project
