Second rail bridge over Mahanadi in Sambalpur will open to traffic by DEC
Sabalpur : The second railway bridge over the Mahanadi river between Sambalpur and Hirakud stations willbe thron open to traffic by December this year.
The new bridge is a part of the Rs. 1,300 crore track doubling project between sambalpur and Titlagarh sections, which is being executed by Rail Vikash Nigam Limited (RVNL).
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more... N Murty, joint general manager of RVNL, sid the work of the 800-meter-long bridge over the Mahanadi river has already been completed. In addition another small bridge developed
over the power channel of the Hirakud Dam Project, which is located in between the new bridge .
The new bridge will be made operational for rail traffic after the work of the small bridge is complited . Murthy said the 182 km track doubling project between the Sambalpur and
Titlagarh section is also going on in full swing .