Patna: Road connectivity between North and South Bihar is expected to increase further with 18 bridges on the Ganges River ready or made ready for the next five years.
Additional Chief Secretary (road construction) Amrit Lal Meena said it was in accordance with the head of Guide Minister Kumar Nith, the more bridges were built by the department to ensure that people from the corner of Bihar reached Patna within five hours.
Describe the detailed plan of the bridge, Meena told TII: “The road construction department has planned to relieve the flow of traffic by building one bridge across the Ganga River in almost every 40 km.
Land acquisition, forest clearing and other requirements have been completed for the smooth progress of work on all The proposed bridge.
“He added:” Before 2005, there were only four bridges with a total of 10 lanes on Ganga.
In the last 15 years, the main minister gave encouragement to more bridges.
As a result, there were 18 bridges ready or ready in the span of five Year with a total of 62 lanes.
“Highlighting the connectivity of Patna to Hajipur and Sonepur, Meena said efforts had been made to facilitate the traffic pressure through construction at least three new bridges.
“The new 4-lane bridge parallel with JP Setu is being considered.
Also, the foundation works on the bridge of the four new lanes parallel with Mahatma Gandhi Setu has begun.
The work is also ongoing at the Bridge of Six Lane Kachchi Dargah-biding,” Meena said.
In connection with the bridge of the four new lanes that are parallel to Gandhi Setu, the additional principal said: “Built by the Ministry of Road Transportation and Highway.
This is 5,634 km-long while the total length of the bridge project (including the path of the approach) is 14.5 km.
Provision of Flyover or Viaduct at every crossroads.
There will be four small bridges with a four-lane service road 21.15km.
The target is to finish the project at the end of 2024 with the total cost of the RS1800 Crore.
“Meena also claimed that with the rehabilitation of the East Wing Mahatma Gandhi Setu in March 2022, there will be no problem of traffic congestion in the area.
39-year-old Gandhi Setu rehabilitation is being carried out by destroying the old bridge superstructure, except the pillar, and set up a triangular steel girder with concrete slabs – as seen on the Rail-Cum-Road bridge such as Rajendra Setu or Koilwar Rail Bridge – on the existing pillar.