GUWAHATI: A 100-meter steel arch bridge was inaugurated in Arunachal Pradesh by the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh today, January 3.
The Siyom Bridge is a state-of-the-art 100-meter long, Class 70 Steel Arch Superstructure Siyom Bridge over Siyom River in Arunachal Pradesh.
Singh dedicated 28 infrastructure projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), worth ₹724 crore, during an event organised at Siyom Bridge on Along-Yinkiong Road in Arunachal Pradesh on January 3, 2023.
The projects comprise of 22 bridges, including the Siyom bridge; three roads and three other projects in seven border States/Union Territories of Northern and North-Eastern regions.
Eight of these projects are in Ladakh; five in Arunachal Pradesh; four in Jammu and Kashmir; three each in Sikkim, Punjab and Uttarakhand and two in Rajasthan.
In addition, three telemedicine nodes - two in Ladakh & one in Mizoram – were inaugurated.
The event at Along-Yinkiong Road witnessed the physical inauguration of the strategically-important Siyom Bridge, while the other projects were inaugurated virtually.