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Mattampally bridge works going at a snail’s pace.
The work of a bridge near Mattampally across the Krishna river launched at a cost of Rs 50 crore in 2014 to make travel between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana easy and benefit several cement companies in Guntur and Nalgonda districts - which have large scale business transactions - is going at a slow pace.
Nalgonda: The work of a bridge near Mattampally across the Krishna river launched at a cost of Rs 50 crore in 2014 to make travel between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana easy and benefit several cement companies in Guntur and Nalgonda districts - which have large scale business transactions - is going at a slow pace.
It is one of three links after one near Nagarjunasagar and another at Vadapalli. Although the work should have been completed in August this year, so far only 50 per cent of the 840- metre-long bridge has been finished.
It is likely to take a year for the structure to be ready for use.
- Bridge would be completed only in 2017, says local MLA Uttam Kumar Reddy
- Raft between Guntur & Nalgonda districts, through which vehicles move illegally is proving to be an alternative route & a stumbling block for the work
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and local MLA N Uttam Kumar Reddy told The Hans India that at the present pace the bridge would be completed only in 2017. Only 22 pillars and 33 of the 105 beams have been put in place so far.
Construction of 72 pillars would take six more months. Once the beams are set only then the bridge can be said to be complete, he said.
Had the work been completed by August, as scheduled, the bridge would not only help prevent accidents near the raft, but also illegal transport, besides fetching good revenue to both the Telugu-speaking States.
It could have been fully utilised for the Krishna Pushkarams in Guntur and Nalgonda districts and benefited devotees visiting Mattampally Narasimha Swamy, Yadadri , besides other shrines in Nalgonda district.
They could also have travelled to Amaravati in neighbouring Guntur district after bathing in the Krishna at Mattampally.
A raft between Guntur and Nalgonda districts - through which two and four-wheelers, tractors and lorries illegally move from the evening till midnight - is proving to be an alternative route.
Not only it is acting as a stumbling block for the work, but also has become a source of accidents.
Rambabu, a lorry driver from Guntur district, alleged that persons operating the raft illegally collect money from the road-users.
