Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate India’s longest bridge in Assam today by Bhaskar Phukan - 3:39 AM Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Brahmaputra today. The bridge will connect Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and is 9.15 kilometres long and will cut down the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by as much as four hours. The construction of the bridge began in 2011 at a sanctioned project cost of 950 crore. The bridge will help the army convoys to cut their travel time by three to four hours. Dhola-Sadiya bridge project will enhance the entire transport system of North Assam as 375 km of the Brahmaputra river bank has no bridge for transportation. During his day-long visit to the state, PM Modi will also lay the foundation for an extended campus of Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Gogamukh and an AIIMS campus at Changsari near Guwahati.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Brahmaputra today.
The bridge will connect Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and is 9.15 kilometres long and will cut down the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by as much as four hours.
The construction of the bridge began in 2011 at a sanctioned project cost of 950 crore.
The bridge will help the army convoys to cut their travel time by three to four hours.
Dhola-Sadiya bridge project will enhance the entire transport system of North Assam as 375 km of the Brahmaputra river bank has no bridge for transportation.
During his day-long visit to the state, PM Modi will also lay the foundation for an extended campus of Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Gogamukh and an AIIMS campus at Changsari near Guwahati.
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