The State Government has sanctioned funds for construction of a bridge at Arad Kasmila under Nagar panchayat of Sadar block over the Budhabalanga river.
The residents on the other side of the river are facing a tough time to come to the district headquarters town for various works without a bridge near Kasmila under Sadar block.
They have to cover 22 km to reach to the headquarters town. As a result, they face lack of emergency facilities like ambulance and fire service directly.
The foundation stone for the bridge was laid on Saturday by Baleswar MP RK Jena. Jena on the occasion said that the bridge was being built under the scheme of Biju Setu scheme of the State Government which would be built at a cost of nearly Rs 14.5 crore.
Sadar MLA JP Dash, Block Chairman Narayan Pradhan, BRIT Chairman Gouri Kumar Rout, former Municipality Chairman Alok Sahu, Barada Prasanna Pattnayak and Asish Ghosh were, among others, present.