Suspended bridge project adds to traffic woes on Singtam-Mangan highway

MANGAN, 11 Sept: The under construction Marchak bridge on the Mangan-Singtam axis has become a nuisance for vehicles and commuters on this route. The delay in construction has turned it into a trouble spot with the road formation becoming very narrower due to the ongoing construction of the bridge.
Construction had begun a couple of years ago but is now abandoned. It has been almost a year since construction work was discontinued and the local public here are not aware of the reasons behind this.
Work on the bridge, which falls under BRO, was awarded to a sub-contractor, it is learnt.
At the same time, the Kali Khola bridge near Makha, also on the Mangan-Singtam highway, which receives high volume traffic including heavy vehicles, also lies abandoned. It is learnt that construction of this bridge was completed a year ago and the contractor had handed over the bridge to the BRO.
However, filling of the walls at the two ends of the bridge was left to be done which has not been carried out. The public have appealed to the BRO to complete construction of both the bridges at the earliest.