Nepal marked the completion of its second-longest bridge connecting Sisahaniya of Rapti Rural Municipality with Mahadeva of Gadawa Rural Municipality on October 29, 2019.<\/p>\n
The architectural masterpiece is spread across a distance of 860 m long and is 10.5 m wide. The project was completed at a cost of NPR 1 billion. It has reduced the distance and time taken to travel between Sisahaniya and Mahadeva.<\/p>\n
The areas on the other side of the Rapti river were inaccessible during monsoon before the bridge was constructed. People had to take a long route via Kalakate-Bhalubang (one and a half hours travel time) to travel from Rapti to Sisahaniya. Now, people can cover this distance in 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
It is said that the bridge will also play an important role in increasing the income of farmers.<\/p>\n
Janak Construction Services was assigned this project in FY 2015-16 and was supposed to complete the project by FY 2019-20. However, Bridge Planning Sector Number 3 Chief informed Sunil Babu Panta informed that the construction company has completed the bridge before the deadline and plans to inaugurate it in January 2020.<\/p>\n
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While the construction of the bridge has been completed, the builders have said that the approach road to the bridge is still under construction.<\/p>\n
Until now, the Karnali bridge was the second-longest bridge in Nepal with a total length of 500 m and width of 10 m. It is connects Kalali and Bardiya districts in Nepal and was constructed by the Japanese construction company Kawasaki Heavy Industries.<\/p>\n
The Dodhara-Chandani Multispan Pedestrian Bridge or Mahakali bridge is the longest in Nepal and is spread across a distance of 1,496 m over the Mahakali river. It was opened in 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nepal marked the completion of its second-longest bridge connecting Sisahaniya of Rapti Rural Municipality with Mahadeva…<\/span><\/p>\n