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Posted: Nov 20 2014 (15:55)
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Last Response: Nov 21 2014 (11:12)
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Last Response: Nov 21 2014 (11:12)
Now it's two years and a Rs 400 cr project is waiting utilization but railways have so many other things to do.
Video by Saket Kumar, Published on Dec 25, 2012 taken from Bus window says:
Many years past when there was no hope for this bridge Indian Govt, build this bridge on koshi river,this bridge is situated in Supaul Dist of Bihar Near Simrahi Bazar On NH 57.Now its very easy to go Madhubani,Darbhanga and Muzzaffarpur in lesser time.
Video by Saket Kumar, Published on Dec 25, 2012 taken from Bus window says:
Many years past when there was no hope for this bridge Indian Govt, build this bridge on koshi river,this bridge is situated in Supaul Dist of Bihar Near Simrahi Bazar On NH 57.Now its very easy to go Madhubani,Darbhanga and Muzzaffarpur in lesser time.
It's 400 Cr in fact. And is unused since Aug 2012. What a shame !
The Kosi mega rail bridge is one of the four planned under the Rail Vikas Yojna announced by the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on August 15, 2002. The other three projects include the Digha rail bridge in Patna, Munger railway bridge and one over Brahmaputra in Assam. Vajpayee had laid the foundation stone in 2003. Though scheduled for completion in 2009, it was delayed by three years leading to cost overruns. The two-km-long rail bridge constructed at a cost of R400 crore will connect Nirmali terminus of Darbhanga-Sakri-Jhanjharpur-Nirmali section with Saraigarh station of Saharsa-Forbesganj route and serve as an alternative route between north Bihar and...
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The Kosi mega rail bridge is one of the four planned under the Rail Vikas Yojna announced by the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on August 15, 2002. The other three projects include the Digha rail bridge in Patna, Munger railway bridge and one over Brahmaputra in Assam. Vajpayee had laid the foundation stone in 2003. Though scheduled for completion in 2009, it was delayed by three years leading to cost overruns. The two-km-long rail bridge constructed at a cost of R400 crore will connect Nirmali terminus of Darbhanga-Sakri-Jhanjharpur-Nirmali section with Saraigarh station of Saharsa-Forbesganj route and serve as an alternative route between north Bihar and...
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