PM Narendra Modi to open longest bridge

GUWAHATI: Prime minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Dhola-Sadiya bridge on river Brahmaputra, which will be the country’s longest bridge, in Tinsukia district in Assam on May 24 to mark BJP’s first year in office in the state.
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who met national security advisor Ajit Doval in New Delhi said that the PMO has informed about the PM’s consent to visit the state and inaugurate the 9.15 km long bridge connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The construction of the bridge, considered as a strategic link to eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh, began in 2011 at a sanctioned project cost of Rs 950 cr.
The bridge is 3.55 kilometres longer than the Bandra Worli sea link over the Mahim Bay in Mumbai, which is current the longest bridge in India.