The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) plans to construct over 35,000 metres of bridges over the next five years

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) plans to construct over 35,000 metres of bridges over the next five years. The cost of building such a bridge would be Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh a metre. Pre-engineered bridges are vital for the railways, considering that 33,000 of the 133,000 bridges on the Indian Railways network were over 100 years old. Such bridges would help reduce the gestation period of rail connectivity projects, where climate restricts working hours. Railways is also working on

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