State Planning to Construct Sagar Island Bridge

BY A STAFF REPORTER 

The Bengal government is planning to have two lanes for traffic in each direction Sagar Island bridge. As stated by the preliminary proposal drafted by public works department, the approximate cost of
constructing it will be around Rs 1,648 crore. The Sagar Island Bridge will be over the Muriganga River which will be to connect Sagar Island with Kakdwip on the mainland using the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). “The state government will collect toll from vehicles plying on the bridge and repay the agency over the next 15 years,” explained a senior official. “This will be the first project to be constructed using HAM. The state government has not levied toll on roads or bridges since the change of guard in 2011,” said a senior state government official.