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The rail-road bridge is being undertaken by the Northeast Frontier Railway, which is a part of Indian Railways. ( Wikiphoto: Credit: PlaneMad)
New rail bridge is built in Bogibeel, India
Published: Wed, 2015-01-21 09:00-
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To the originally estimated cost of $312m
The Bogibeel rail and road bridge is being built across the River Brahmaputra in the Dibrugarh district, in the state of Assam in northeast India. The 4.94km bridge is one of the longest river bridges in the country.
The bridge is located 17km downstream of the town of Dibrugarh. It will connect Dibrugarh in the south to Lakhimpur in the north. The River Brahmaputra runs to the north of Dibrugarh and is very wide, spanning 10km.
The work on the project began already in 2002 and was expected to be completed in seven years. But the bridge project experienced significant time and cost overruns before its construction gained momentum in July 2014.
The project is now scheduled to be completed by March 2017. The originally estimated cost of INR16.7bn (approximately $312m) shot up to INR49.96bn ($810m) by March 2014. Approximately INR30.41bn had been spent on the project until 2014.
Source: Northeast Frontier Railway
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