Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari announced on Twitter that a new rail-cum-road bridge across the Brahmaputra, near the existing Saraighat bridge in Guwahati, has been approved at a cost of over Rs 900 crore under PM Gati Shakti national master plan for multi-modal connectivity.
This new bridge will be constructed on the upstream of the historic Saraighat bridge, the first bridge built over the Brahmaputra.
He said the bridge would connect the north bank of Assam to the south bank across the Brahmaputra. “Once the bridge is completed, it would provide seamless and strategic connectivity with heavy traffic at present of over 75,000 PCUs (Passenger Car Units).