Koraput-Berhampur hyperlink disrupted as rainwater submerges makeshift culvert
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By Express News Service
JEYPORE: Communication between Koraput and Berhampur has been hit for the reason that final two days resulting from incessant rains that has led to submersion of the makeshift bridge close to Koraput’s Bangalaguda village.
Sources stated the primary bridge connecting Koraput and Berhampur over Chamari river close to Bangalaguda village had collapsed in August final 12 months resulting from heavy rains after which the route was diverted from Kakrigumma and Padaguda villages for over two months.
Later, the National Highways Division, Sunabeda constructed a makeshift culvert within the space to facilitate site visitors motion. However, communication by way of the stated route was disrupted after the culvert bought flooded just lately.
Meanwhile, it has come to mild that the Koraput administration had directed the NH Division, Sunabeda to assemble a bridge close to the broken previous bridge. Though the latter had agreed to start the work from October final 12 months, it’s but to begin.
Koraput-based social activist Chitranajan Satapathy stated the Koraput-Berhampur NH was the lifeline for the folks of the close by areas and its closure has hit communication badly. “It is all because of negligence of the NH authorities in constructing a new bridge here,” he rued.
Executive engineer, NH division, Sunabeda Saumarjini Sethy stated tender of `8.8 crore for the brand new bridge has been floated and work will start quickly. “We have deployed around four staff near the culvert to alert people not to travel through the culvert whenever water level in the river rises,” he added.
JEYPORE: Communication between Koraput and Berhampur has been hit for the reason that final two days resulting from incessant rains that has led to submersion of the makeshift bridge close to Koraput’s Bangalaguda village.
Sources stated the primary bridge connecting Koraput and Berhampur over Chamari river close to Bangalaguda village had collapsed in August final 12 months resulting from heavy rains after which the route was diverted from Kakrigumma and Padaguda villages for over two months.
Later, the National Highways Division, Sunabeda constructed a makeshift culvert within the space to facilitate site visitors motion. However, communication by way of the stated route was disrupted after the culvert bought flooded just lately.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Meanwhile, it has come to mild that the Koraput administration had directed the NH Division, Sunabeda to assemble a bridge close to the broken previous bridge. Though the latter had agreed to start the work from October final 12 months, it’s but to begin.
Koraput-based social activist Chitranajan Satapathy stated the Koraput-Berhampur NH was the lifeline for the folks of the close by areas and its closure has hit communication badly. “It is all because of negligence of the NH authorities in constructing a new bridge here,” he rued.
Executive engineer, NH division, Sunabeda Saumarjini Sethy stated tender of `8.8 crore for the brand new bridge has been floated and work will start quickly. “We have deployed around four staff near the culvert to alert people not to travel through the culvert whenever water level in the river rises,” he added.
