Sikkim: Teesta Stage 6 dam barrage deck slab open as ‘temporary bridge’

GANGTOK: The connectivity to Namchi District from Gangtok District has started today through the deck slab on the barrage of Teesta Stage 6 Dam of NHPC located in Namchi District. The Superintendent of Police, Gangtok and Namchi, had come out with an order for regulation and diversion of the said route. The traffic movement on the deck slab of the barrage will be from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. It will be closed from 9 AM to 1 PM, 2 PM to 5 PM, 5 PM to 7 PM, and 7 PM to 9 PM.

Namchi District Collector M. Bharani Kumar said, “The entire area was disconnected after the flash floods on October 4. This is a temporary bridge on top of the barrage deck of the Teesta Stage 6 project. The barrage deck will cater to all the LMV movement from Gangtok to Namchi. A permanent bridge will be constructed parallel to this barrage deck, which will be operational in 4 months’ time. Heavy vehicles are not allowed on the barrage deck.” He went on to appeal to the general public to comply with the timing of the functioning of the deck slab. Kumar informed, “The NHPC would also be laying a bailey bridge at Sirwani for the perennial movement of vehicles connecting Gangtok with Namchi District, which would take at least 4 months’ time; until then, the deck slab of the NHPC Stage VI HEP barrage would be made operational”. (ANI)

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