The construction of a signature bridge across the Ganga River in Varanasi has been approved. The bridge, which will be built parallel to the Malviya Bridge near Namo Ghat, will be a double-decker bridge connecting the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar Junction to the transportation hub of Varanasi. The Inland Waterways Authority...
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of India has granted NOC for the project, and the DPR will be prepared by the Indian Railways. Initially, the National Highways Authority of India was supposed to prepare the DPR, but now the responsibility has been assigned to the Railways. The bridge will start 30 meters downstream from the Malviya Bridge and will extend towards Padav. The local administration has proposed widening the Datapur bridge and connecting it to the new bridge via a ring circle.