Shillong, July 29: Two-way traffic will be allowed through Umiam bridge from July 30.
This was informed by Power Minister AT Mondal on Monday.
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The weight of vehicles has been restricted to 4 metric tonnes.
A high-power commitee meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister-in-charge PWD Prestone Tynsong took the decision after retrofitting works for the Umiam bridge have been completed.
“Further retrofitting may require that we will decide later on. But for the present scope of work, it has been completed”, Mondal told reporters.
As far as the dam is concerned, almost all the works on the top surface is completed. “But still we need to go for grouting in the bridge portion but that will not hamper the movement of the traffic,” he said.
The cost for the entire work is around Rs 19.9 crore out of which Rs 64 lakh was spent for renovation of the bridge.
He said the lifespan of the Umiam dam and bridge has increased to 20 years after
rehabilitation and retrofitting works.
