Bar Khola Bridge goes in for renovation, Singtam-Mangan highway closed for a week

MANGAN, 20 Feb: Renovations began yesterday on the notorious Bar Khola Bridge at lower Mangshila in North Sikkim, 15 kms from the North district headquarter town towards Singtam on the Mangan-Singtam axis. The repair work is scheduled to continue for a week, during which time the Singtam-Mangan highway via Dikchu will be closed. While heavy vehicles will remain off this road, light vehicles will have the option to ply from the Dzongu route via Hee-Gyathang and Sangkalang to Mangan. It may be recalled that this bridge has already been washed away twice in the past two years and 2010, traffic here was closed for almost a month.

[WANGCHUK BHUTIA]