Construction of new Sanjenthong underway on war footing
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 21 2014 :
The construction works of new Sanjenthong Bridge are underway on a war footing manner to achieve the target of completing the bridge before this year's Sangai Festival.
Talking to Hueiyen Lanpao, Executive Engineer of PWD Division-I I Irabot said that Kolkata-based Simplex Company would be constructing the new Sanjenthong Bridge.
More than 20 skilled workers are currently engaged in dismantling the old bridge.
The new Sanjenthong would be constructed in the shape of a rainbow.
It would have four lanes measuring 55.8 metres in length and 22.214 metres in width.
The height of the bridge in the middle would be about 30 feet.
The construction works would not take long after the joining of steel framework of the bridge is completed.
The ground piling works for the new bridge is almost complete, the engineer said.