Assam: Work on Second Rail-Cum-Road Bridge over Brahmaputra at Saraighat to Start Soon

Assam: Work on second rail-cum-road bridge over Brahmaputra at Saraighat to start soon

Guwahati, Jul 19 (PTI) The construction of a second rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra at Saraighat in Guwahati is expected to commence soon, an official said on Saturday.The tender is likely to be finalised shortly, and construction work will start immediately after it, he said.This second bridge at Saraighat was sanctioned as part of the doubling of the Agthori–Kamakhya railway line under Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).It was sanction…

Assam: Tree collapse near Dumduma halts road and rail traffic in Tinsukia

Written by Manoj Kumar Ojha Tinsukia: Road and rail traffic was severely disrupted on Saturday morning after a large tree branch collapsed near Borhapjan Kali Mandir, close to Dumduma Town in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The fallen branch blocked both National Highway 37 (NH-37) and an adjacent railway track, bringing movement along the key Dibrugarh-Tinsukia-Makum-Dangari-Ledo route […] The post Assam: Tree collapse near Dumduma halts road and ra…