BRO builds bridge over Ravi River
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and opened a Rs.17.89 crore permanent bridge on the river Ravi connecting Kasowal enclave in Punjab to the rest of the country much ahead of its schedule.
The 484-meter bridge was built by 141 Drain Maintenance Coy of 49 Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) of Project Chetak.
It consists of 16 cells of 30.25-metre length each but excludes approaches.
Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen Harpal Singh said The BRO teams did the work by taking all necessary COVID-19 precautions.
The bridge, completed on the 15 March 2020, is a Class 70 permanent structure to give all weather connectivity to the enclave.
The Kasowal enclave of around 35 square kilometres had hither to been connected via pontoon bridge of limited load capacity.
The pontoon bridge used to be dismantled every year prior to the Monsoon or else it would have got washed away in the strong currents of the river.
This meant thousands of acres of fertile land across the river could not be tilled by farmers during the Monsoon. fiinews.com
