Bhagalpur district administration's meeting.
By Avijit BiswasÂ
Bhagalpur: The local administration has taken several measures to reduce inconveniences of people following collapse of a suspended span of Vikramshila Setu, looks forward to use of scaffolding bridge for resumption of restricted movement of traffic on damaged bridge.
The suspended span of Vikramshila Setu over river Ganga here located between pillars no 3 and 4 in zone A of the bridge it may mentioned collapsed and fell into the river on intervening night of last Sunday and Monday.
With movement on Vikramshila Setu connecting southern and northern parts of state has come to halt following the incident, has created major inconvenience for people.
As an alternative arrangement aimed at resumption of restricted movement on Vikramshila Setu use of scaffolding bridge has been planned. Information about the plan was given by District Magistrate (DM) Nawal Kishore Choudhury to participants at an official meeting held today for discussing alternative arrangements that could help reduce problems of people in travelling across the river.
The DM informed a scaffolding bridge of 3-to-3.5-meter width would be ready soon for use. He told officials present in the meeting that there would need of strict traffic regulation for resuming restricted movement on Vikramshila Setu by use of scaffolding bridge.
While allowing movement of vehicle through one side of the bridge there would need of restricting traffic from other side, DM informed. He asked all concerned officials to be ready both mentally and administratively for strictly regulating vehicular traffic flow on the bridge.
The trucks and small vehicles crossing the river would be provided route through Kahalgaon-Gopalpur- Tintanga waterway, DM added. He directed sub divisional officer and sub divisional police officer of Naugachia for inspecting condition of route connecting national highway from Tintanga and publicizing information about Kahalgoan-Gopalpur-Tintanga waterway route identified for trucks and small vehicles.
The meeting discussed measures to avoid traffic congestion on Bhagalpur-Sultanganj- Munger stretch of national highway. With bridge over river Ganga at Munger being used mostly by vehicular traffic at present for crossing the river, since closure of Vikramshila Setu, the traffic load on Bhagalpur-Sultanganj- Munger stretch of highway has increased manifold.
Various other steps were discussed in the meeting to minimize inconvenience of people due to closure of Vikramshila Setu. The officials present in the meeting included Pramod Kumar Yadav, SSP, Bhagalpur, Rajesh Kumar, SP, Naugachia, Kislay Kushwaha, municipal commissioner beside others.
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Avijit Biswas is a former reporter with the Hindustan Times, Patna Edition, based in Bhagalpur. He has more than 25 years of experience covering politics and other key beats across eastern Bihar. Known for his in-depth ground reporting and strong grasp of regional issues, Biswas has closely followed political developments and social trends in the region, earning credibility for accurate and balanced journalism. Avijt may be contacted at biswasavijit@yahoo.com
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