GUWAHATI: Ashok Singhal, the Assam Housing and Urban Minister on 15th of February, Wednesday, informed that the pending tasks of Brahmaputra Development Project in Guwahati will be available for the general public from the month of March.
He further mentioned that, local people along with tourists in the region can enjoy the experience and spend time in open air in the area. Meanwhile, the construction tasks is also going on to stretch Bharalu to Sukreswar.
The minister along with other officials of the concerned ministry, conducted an inspection on the construction work of the project on Wednesday. As per the reports, the Riverfront Development Project will pull out from District Commissioner’s Bungalow to Kacharighat area. The total distance is 1.2km, the official stated.
The area will witness new parks, refreshment area, sitting arrangements. The place will be designed in a way that varied cultural programs could take place in the future. Guwahati is currently going through a major transformation, from construction of bridges in several parts of the city to inauguration of varied new establishments.
Recently, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the foot over bridge in Guwahati’s Fancy Bazar area. The prime motive behind the foot bridge is to minimise the traffic congestion and haphazardness in that area. While one point of the bridge ends in front of the PWD campus, the other ends at the Brahmaputra Riverside. The total cost of construction is approximately Rs 16.60 crore and the construction will be done in not more than a year.
The foot bridge construction is carried on by Anil Das, who earlier established the Supermarket Flyover. The total length of the FOB is 73.93 metres, the length of the deck from the mid point towards the riverside is 11 metres. The length towards extending towards the PWD campus is 9.65 metres and the length of the deck along the median is 53.28 metres.
One perk of the foot bridge is that it will have both elevators and staircases on both the sides for people with impairment. The FOB will also have CCTV cameras for security and protection.
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