KOLKATA: Hundreds of workers from different agencies are working on a war-footing to meet the challenging target of making Tallah bridge traffic-ready by Thursday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate the new bridge that evening.
From workers and officials of implementing agency PWD and their counterparts in L&T (contracted to build the Rs 468-crore Tallah bridge) to roads department workers of KMC paving the approach road from Shyambazar five-point crossing, there will be frantic activity through the day, and night, to meet the Thursday deadline.
For now, only small and light vehicles will be allowed access because the final load test report, which will be vetted by IIT-Kharagpur, is awaited. Eastern Railway and PWD on Tuesday signed the safety certificate for the bridge. The new bridge is actually a road overbridge (ROB) under Eastern Railway's ambit. A 240m section of the 750m structure stands over the Tallah railway tracks operated by ER.
