{"id":279150,"date":"2026-03-08T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=279150"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:16:00","slug":"much-awaited-rime-bridge-in-w-siang-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/much-awaited-rime-bridge-in-w-siang-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-awaited Rime bridge in W\/Siang opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 7 Mar:<\/strong> The much-awaited Rime bridge over the Hijum river in West Siang district has been completed, ending years of isolation, an official said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 15-metre bridge has been constructed under the Chief Minister&#8217;s Comprehensive State Road Development Plan at a cost of Rs 4 crore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project has been executed by the public works department (PWD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2023, the demand for a bridge had snowballed into a major controversy with residents resolving to abstain from participating in the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, and had served a &#8216;No bridge, no vote&#8217; ultimatum to the state government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The bridge brings great relief, dramatically improving road access,&#8221; Aalo West MLA Topin Ete said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing heartfelt thanks to Chief Minister Pema Khandu and adviser to PWD minister Phurpa Tsering for their unwavering support, the MLA added, &#8220;This was a commitment I made to the people long ago, and I&#8217;m glad we&#8217;ve delivered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project, which had a completion target of three years, has been completed within 10 months, contractor Pokpe Rime said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 7 Mar: The much-awaited Rime bridge over the Hijum river in West Siang district has been completed, ending years of isolation, an official said on Saturday. The 15-metre bridge has been constructed under the Chief Minister&#8217;s Comprehensive State Road Development Plan at a cost of Rs 4 crore. The project has been executed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279169,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279150\/revisions\/279169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}