One Day and Three Bridges
Three bridges see light of the day: Imphal, Dec 24: After long years of waiting, three bridges constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD) -- Keishamthong bridge, Singjamei bridge and Heirangoithong bridge were finally inaugurated and dedicated to the people on Monday. However, Joint Action Committee on Singjamei Bridge Construction has taken strong exception to the inauguration of the bridge even before construction of the retaining wall and black-topping of the approach roads and contended that it is in violation of the agreement signed with the Chief Engineer of PWD. Works Minister K Ranjit inaugurated the bridges one after another. Constructed over Imphal river, the Singjamei bridge was inaugurated at 9 am and Heirangoithong bridge and Keishamthong bridge that have been constructed over Nambul river were inaugurated at 10 am and 10.50 am respectively. According to Chief Engineer of PWD Ng Rashtrapati under whose overall supervision the construction works were taken up, the con...