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PANAJI
Minister of Public Works Department Sudin Dhavalikar on Wednesday announced that 30% of the work on the Zuari Bridge has been completed and that the bridge would be up and running by next year.
The minister who paid a visit to the site of work on the bridge said that the work which has been divided into three ‘packages’ and is being executed by a consortium of Dilip Buildcon Ltd and an Ukrainian company MBZ will be the second largest in the country and come at a total cost of ₹1,403.1 crore of which the bridge itself will cost ₹545.4 crore with the remaining cost including the approach road and elevated roads.
“I am happy to say that the work is progressing well and the construction company has completed all the scheduled milestones on time. In some cases, they have even secured a bonus from the Union Ministry for being on time. The bridge will be completed by next year,” Dhavalikar announced.
The bridge will have two observation towers located atop the two main pillars which will have a height of 120 metres from the pile cap while the main spans will be 360 metres each.
The bridge including the approach roads and elevated roads will begin from Siridao and culminate at Keserval. Including the approaches, the new bridge will be 14-km long but the actual bridge will be a little over a kilometre long. Work on the bridge began last year.
The work was tendered by the Central government’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and is being paid for by the Central ministry.
