Shah to inaugurate longest bridge in Andamans by Sept end

September 14, 2021 15:59

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accompanied by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, will visit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by September-end and inaugurate the longest bridge in the archipelago, the NHIDCL said on Tuesday.

The 1.45-km-long Humfrey Strait Bridge connecting South and Middle Andaman between Gandhi and Uttara ferry ghats was constructed by the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) at a cost of Rs 202 crore within two years, its DGM Sunil said. Despite COVID-induced restrictions, steady progress in the execution of the project was made in the last few months and over 99 per cent of the work has been completed, he said.

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