On Goa’s new Zuari bridge, which Union minister Nitin Gadkari will formally open on December 29, a large crowd of revellers gathered whereas the previous bridge, which runs subsequent to it, had a extreme visitors gridlock. On Monday night on the previous bridge, visitors got here to an entire halt for greater than three hours, trapping dozens of automobiles, lots of which have been transporting passengers to the Dabolim Airport.
In distinction, a whole lot of individuals thronged the brand new Zuari bridge on the identical time to click on selfies and have a first-hand expertise of the cable-stayed construction. Local performers have been additionally seen singing with their band on it.
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Goa NRI Commissioner Narendra Sawaikar was among the many guests to the brand new bridge. Sawaikar tweeted, “Visited the amazing, panaromic New Zuari Bridge to be inaugarated on 29th December. Conceived & gifted by late Manoharbhai Parrikar under the leadership of Hon. PM Shri. @narendramodi Ji & Union Minister Shri. @nitin_gadkari Ji.”
Zuari bridge is a crucial hyperlink between North and South Goa. A senior police official mentioned lakhs of individuals have arrived within the coastal state to have a good time the New Year, including to the variety of automobiles on the highway and worsening the scenario.
“The traffic jam began in the afternoon and continued till late evening. Some cars which were stuck in the jam at 7 pm continued crawling till 11 pm. Thousands of vehicles were seen on the old Zuari bridge and the roads leading to it,” he mentioned.
Reacting to the visitors jam, Aam Aadmi Party’s Goa MLA Venzy Viegas tweeted, ?In 1983, commuters suffered whereas @INCGoa Govt waited for PM Indira Gandhi to seek out time to inaugurate the first Zuari bridge. History repeats itself with @BJP4Goa & new Zuari bridge. Is there anybody in Goa with the heart of @TheKiranBedi who defiantly threw the bridge open then.”
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had introduced that the brand new bridge could be inaugurated on December 29 by Union minister Nitin Gadkari. He had mentioned folks might stroll on the brand new construction and admire it earlier than its inauguration.
Goa Forward Party General Secretary Durgadas Kamat in a tweet on Tuesday mentioned even a tea stall utilizing an electrical connection was put in on the brand new bridge. He raised questions over the choice of an organization which constructed the bridge to permit the tea stall to function earlier than the inauguration.
With PTI inputs
