The Centre has started the process to build a new road bridge over the Teesta river that would connect the Sevoke Bazaar area with the Dooars, a longstanding demand of residents, with necessary approval from the railways to construct the approach road to it on railway land.
On Saturday, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista said this March, he raised the issue in Parliament. “Recently, I received a letter from the Union minister of state for road transport & highways (Gen V.K. Singh) saying preparation of the detailed project report of the proposed bridge is in progress. Also, the ministry sought and obtained the right of way (RoW) from the railway ministry for construction of the approach road of the bridge, along with certain modifications,” said Bista.
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1971 War: How The Indian Army Crossed The Mighty Meghna River In East Pakistan On Its March Towards DhakaÂ
by Prakhar Gupta - Dec 10, 2020 09:11 AM
Lieutenant General Sagat Singh and an Indian Mi-4 helicopter.
Snapshot
The Indian Armyâs dash to Dhaka in the 1971 war involved a massive helidrop across the Meghna River. Hereâs how it took place.
Unlike most rivers flowing through Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal, Meghna is not fed by the glaciers in the Himalayas. Still, it is one of itâs mightiest.
The Meghna is formed by the confluence of multiple fast-flowing streams, which descend into the plains of Bangladesh, that barely rise above the sea level, from the rolling hills of eastern India â the area which receives the largest monsoon precipitation in the world.