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Funds released for Indian rail bridge
Published:  August 11, 2003

India’s rail ministry has announced that it is providing funding towards one of four major rail bridges being built under a major infrastructure programme. Bogibeel bridge will cross the Bramaputra river in Assam, north east India. Construction of the approaches is already under way.

The other bridges are at Mungher in Bihar, Nirmali in North Bihar and across the Ganga in Patna. The project is intended to remove bottlenecks between major cities and ports.