KASOWAL BRIDGE

April 24, 2020

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and opened a new permanent bridge on the ‘Ravi River’ connecting Kasowal enclave in Punjab to the rest of the country.

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The 484-meter bridge was built by Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) of Project Chetak.
The enclave of around 35 square kilometres had hitherto been connected via pontoon bridge of limited load capacity which used to be dismantled every year prior to the Monsoon or else it would have got washed away in the strong currents of the river.

Source : PIB

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