The Union Cabinet on Wednesday authorised the construction of a new 4.56 km long bridge on the river Ganga in Bihar. According to an official assertion, the bridge would join Digha and Sonepur in the state. The mission is estimated to value Rs 3,064.45 crore, together with 2233.81 crore for civil construction, it added. The bridge will facilitate simpler and sooner journey, which can advance the state’s general improvement, significantly in north Bihar, the assertion added.Â
“The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the construction of the new 4,556 m long, 6-lane high level/ extra dosed cable-stayed bridge across River Ganga (Parallel to Western Side of existing Digha-Sonepur Rail-Cum Road Bridge) and its approaches on both sides in the districts of Patna and Saran (NH-139W) in Bihar on EPC mode,” it stated.
Rail cum highway bridge connects Digha and Sonepur
Digha is located at Patna and South Bank of the Ganga River and Sonepur on the North Bank of the Ganga River in Saran District. These two locations are presently related by a rail cum highway bridge for the motion of mild autos solely. Therefore, the current highway can’t be used for the transport of items and commodities, which is a significant financial blockade, the assertion added.Â
The constraint might be eliminated by offering the bridge between Digha and Sonepur, and items and commodities will be transported as soon as the bridge is constructed, unleashing the financial potential of the area, as per the assertion.
Project might be made on EPC mannequin
The work is to be applied on an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) mannequin with the use of the most recent expertise like 5D-building info modelling (BIM), bridge well being monitoring system (BHMS) and month-to-month drone mapping to make sure the standard of construction and operations. The work is focused to be accomplished in 42 months from the appointed date.
“This bridge will provide direct connectivity from Patna to Golden quadrilateral corridor via NH-139 at Aurangabad and Sonepur (NH-31), Chhapra, Motihari (East-West corridor oldNH-27), Bettiah (NH-727) in the Northern side of Bihar,” the assertion stated. It additionally identified that this mission is part of the Buddha circuit.
According to the assertion, the financial evaluation outcomes of the mission have proven an financial inner fee of return (EIRR) of 17.6 per cent in base case and 13.1 per cent in the worst-case state of affairs which can be attributed to the financial savings in distance and time travelled.
(With PTI inputs)
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