Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Aug 19: The district administration has repaired and rebuilt the Banjaru Male and Kukkavu bridges within a record time of 24 hours.
Both Banjaru Male and Kukkavu bridges were washed away during recent deluge. The district administration, which took the repairing and reconstruction of these bridges as a challenge, worked on war footing speed and completed the work in just 24 hours.
In Banjaru Male, the work of the new metal bridge is done by standing on the old wooden bridge itself. In addition, 22 people have stood on the bridge and checked its weight bearing capacity also. This bridge is constructed using precast technology by the PWD engineers.
In Kukkavu, pedestrian and vehicle movement was allowed from Monday, August 19 after it was repaired using mud.