Imphal, July 22 (IANS) Suspected militants blew up a bailey bridge over the Namban River in Manipur’s Kamjong district using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), severely disrupting road connectivity to several remote villages, officials said on Wednesday. A police official said the explosion occurred between Phange and Chatric villages in the Naga‑inhabited Kamjong district during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.The 130‑foot bailey bridge, constructed in 2016 under the Cent…
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Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) A policeman of the Special Operations Group (SOG) was killed and another injured in a road accident on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district.Police said that the accident happened at the Bailey Bridge in the Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.Police said that the two SOG men were travelling in an official vehicle when it hit the steel girder of the Bailey Bridge, leaving both of them injured.He said the injured personnel were immediately rushe…
Guwahati, June 23 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps has restored a crucial connectivity link between Siliguri and Mirik in North Bengal by constructing a 34-metre foot bridge across the Balason River at Dudhia after the existing bridge was washed away by incessant rainfall, officials said on Tuesday. The temporary bridge was established following a requisition from the district administration to address the disruption caused by the collapse of the earlier structure, which had severed an…
Patna, May 17 (IANS) Days after a portion of the ‘Vikramshila Setu’ in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district collapsed, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has begun the construction of a temporary Bailey bridge over the damaged area. The development comes as a major relief for the commuters, as the collapse of the bridge disrupted connectivity and caused difficulties for the general public.As of now, a 49-metre-long temporary Bailey bridge is being constructed to restore light vehicular traffic.Ahead of t…