Question: India’s longest river bridge ‘Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge’ will be built in which state?
(a)Arunachal Pradesh
(b)Sikkim
(c)West-Bengal
(d)Assam
Answer :(d)
Related facts:
About Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge:
- India’s longest river bridge will be built across the Brahmaputra, connecting Dhubri in Assam to Phulbari in Meghalaya.
- It will cut road travel by 203 km as also travel time.
- It will be built jointly by the government’s highway construction wing, the National Highways and Industrial Development Corporation Ltd with cost of Rs 4000 crores.
- JICA (Japanese funding Agency) has approved a loan for this project as part of road infrastructure improvement package in the north-east. This 19.3 km bridge is expected to build by 2026-27.
The advantage of the bridge:
- The bridge will complete the missing link of NH127B from Assam to Meghalaya.
Other important fact:
- At present, the country’s longest river bridge Dr Bhupen Hazarika Setubetween Dhola and Sadiya in Assam is 9.15 km.
Anurag Kumar
Links:
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jun2118/at062