India’s longest bridge inaugurated in Assam by Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s longest bridge built across the Brahmaputra in Assam. The 9.2km long Dhola-Sadiya bridge is meant to enhance connectivity to the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh.
The bridge is among a slew of infra projects being pushed to enhance connectivity to and in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge is built over the river Lohit, which is a tributary of the Brahmaputra. It links Dhola in Assam to Sadiya in Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge will reduce travel time between the two states by as much as four hours.
“This bridge’s name will be “Bhupen Hazarika Bridge”,” PM Modi declared in a public address, after he inaugurated what was provisionally called the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in Assam.
“You have been waiting for this bridge for the last five decades, today you have got it. And if (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee had been re-elected in 2004, this bridge would have been ready 10 yrs ago,” the PM said. The opening of the bridge was described by Modi as “the fulfilment of Vajpayee’s dream”.
The PM also congratulated the BJP government in Assam which has just completed one year in power, after decades of Congress rule. “Within one year of BJP rule in Assam, the state got rid of a lot of problems,” the PM said, again taking a dig at the Congress party.
Source: News channels