Chief Minister Raman Singh, during his Statewide Vikas Yatra, dedicated to the nation the longest bridge of Chhattisgarh on river Mahanadi in Raigarh district, on the border of Odisha, on Friday.
This 1,830 metre long bridge was constructed at a cost of Rs 56.48 crore on Raigarh-Pusour-Saria (Nadigaon) road in Surajgarh. Addressing a massive public meeting, he said that bridges and culverts were not only link roads, villages and cities, States, but the day-to-day relations of lakhs of people and their hearts also. This bridge would also link the hearts of people living on both the sides of the river, he added.
Singh said that the social and cultural bonds of Chhattisgarh and Odisha would be strengthened further. The Chief Minister, on the occasion announced to open a college in Saria, for the new generation. Raman said that this huge bridge would be a memorable symbol of the Chhattisgarh Vikas Yatra taken out with the cooperation of people since last 10 years. Development was akin to the streams of the holy Ganga and Mahanadi, whoever tries to block its stream would be extinct in it, he added.
While shedding light on the schemes launched by the State Government for the betterment of villages, the poor and the farmers and their achievements, the Chief Minister mentioned about the specialties of the Food Security Action implemented by the Chhattisgarh Government. Along with the dedication of the bridge constructed with a cost of Rs 56.48 crore, Dr Singh performed bhumi poojan and dedicated 55 constructions works costing Rs 71 crore at Nadigaon.
PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat, MP Vishnudev Sai, Chhattisgarh Khadi Evam Gramodyog Board chairman Girdhar Gupta, office-bearers of various corporations and boards and several senior peoples’ representatives of the district were present at the function.