[ Bengia Ajum ]
NIRJULI, 27 Aug: The Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) district administration opened the right side of the viaduct/bridge here for traffic, in case of emergency usage, on Tuesday.
ICR DC Talo Potom issued an order to this effect after conducting a meeting with all stakeholders, including the PWD highway department and the contractor, ARSS Infrastructure Projects Limited.
The decision to open the right side of the viaduct for emergency usage was taken after the completion of load testing of the bridge.
“The load testing on one side has been completed, while testing on the other side is going on,” informed an official of the construction agency.
The load testing on the left side of the viaduct is expected to be completed within a week.
The 1.080-km viaduct over the Pare river has been constructed to avoid the Karsingsa sinking zone. The viaduct is one of the most important components of the 7.3-km-long Package C, which starts from Nirjuli and ends in Banderdewa. The viaduct itself starts from Nirjuli and ends in Karsingsa.
The administration had handed over this stretch to the contractor in August 2021. The work on the viaduct had initially been delayed due to a land compensation issue.
