Irked over delay in the construction of new Garga Bridge hundreds of women blocked the National Highway-23 at Chas-Bokaro on Thursday noon.
Protesting with brooms in their hands agitated women demanded restarting of stalled bridge construction work over river Garga at the earliest. The construction work of the new bridge was closed since January this year.
Taking tough over the poor condition of old Garga Bridge the Government had invited tender for a new Bridge in 2010. The construction work was started on November 2010 after the National Highways authorities allotted the bridge construction contract to the HSCl (Hindustan Steelworks Construction limited). The construction work has to be completed by 2012 but the bridge is yet to be completed
The construction of the bridge began on November 6, 2010 with an estimated cost of Rs 3.60 crore but delay in the projects has increased the project cost to Rs 5.95 crore, said an official.