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Mahanadi bridge, a virtual death trap [1]

SAMBALPUR: Even as a second bridge over the river Mahanadi here is on the cards, the existing one has virtually become a death trap.

Constructed at Durgapali in 1951 at the immediate downstream of the Hirakud dam project, the 840-metre-long bridge has been the backbone of NH-6.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
Mahanadi [3], Dams/ Irrigation [4], Hirakund [5], Habitat And Urbanisation [6], Roads [7], Bridges [8], Orissa (Odisha) [9], Sambalpur (D) [10]

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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
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