Stone laid for State’s longest bridge over M’nadi

Foundation-stone of a Gopinathpur-Baideswar bridge via the Singhanath shrine over the Mahanadi was laid by Works Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick on Saturday.

Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera, Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy and local Badamba MLA Debi Prasad Mishra were present.

The Chief Engineer (World Bank Projects) Odisha said this Rs 131-crore project, assisted by the Nabard, when completed, would be the State’s longest bridge. Its length would be of 3,139 meter and overall width of main bridge including footpath and crash barrier would be 11.50 meter. Carriage way of bridge connecting the Singhanath Pitha would be four meter.

The bridge work has been handed over to the SP Singla Constructions Private Limited to complete it by July 26, 2021.

Debi Prasad Mishra said it is a long-cherished desire of Badamba people to be connected with Banki and Kalapathar, which would be fulfilled soon. It would also shorten the distance between south and western Odisha.

Earlier in the morning, the guests inaugurated a Roadside Facilitation Centre at Abhimanapur of Badamba block.