Principal Secretary Municipal Administration Mr.Arvind KumarInspected Durgam Cheruvu

(Judicial Quest News Service)

Principal Secretary Municipal Administration Arvind Kumar along with
GHMC Commissioner Dana Kishore inspected Durgam Cheruvu and took
stock of the progress achieved in the construction of cable bridge across
the Durgam Cheruvu. . MD TSIIC Narasimha Reddy, Additional
Commissioner Hari Chandana and Chief Engineer Sridhar were also present.
The iconic bridge once complete would be a major tourist attraction in the
city, he said. He said that steel railing on both sides of the bridge will be set
up. There will be arrangements for pedestrian pathway as well. Later
speaking to media persons at the site, GHMC commissioner Dana Kishore
informed that a planned and concerted effort is being made to complete
the project by the end of October. Apart from laying walking track and
cycling track, an integrated lighting system is being planned with an
estimated cost of Rs 10 crores, he said The concessionaires apprised the
officials about the progress of the works. The cable bridge is having a span
length of 233.85 mts and stands as the longest span. The extradosed cable
stay technology is being adopted to preserve the lake heritage and beauty.
The bridge when completed will cater a dense traffic movement from road
no. 45 to inorbit mall with a configuration of four lane traffic movement,
two lane cycling track and an additional footpath of 2.5m. Durgam Cheruvu
bridge of this span in length is the first project in India to be constructed in
dense traffic of urban city with 24×7 traffic with high profile movement. All
the works are performed at a height of 20m and above from the ground
level. The project location lies in hilly terrain thereby having tremendous
leveling.