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R&B Minister V. Prashanth Reddy said that the State government will extend its cooperation in setting up a new Project Management Cell which should ensure that the structures that are planned for 100 years will last longer.

He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the workshop on Health Assessment of Bridges and Structures organised jointly by the Institute of Engineers (India) Telangana State Centre and Construction Industry Development Council, New Delhi and Telangana government at the Institute of Engineers here on Saturday.

Appreciating the R&B department and CIDC for organising the workshop with the objective of checking the health of bridges, he said after the formation of Telangana in 2014, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao allocated 12,000 crore for the development of road connectivity network. District connectivity and widening of single road into double roads, construction of bridges were taken up and the role of the R&B engineers in developing road network in the State was laudable, he said. But due to flooding of roads by overflowing causeways during rains, unless a high-level bridge was constructed, the roads would not be of use.

When the issue was taken to the notice of Chief Minister, he sanctioned 2,495 crore for construction of 511 bridges recognising the fact that there were more level causeways in Telangana. So far 400 bridges were completed at a cost of 1,700 crore and the remaining bridges were in progress. Latest technology was being used for the construction of bridges. In Hyderabad, Karimnagar cable stair bridge technology was being used. Along with bridges, check dams were also being constructed in the State. Check dams would be constructed in 184 locations and it would not only help in road connectivity but also save in conservation of rain water and improve water table.

The Minister felicitated several engineers on the occasion. President of Institute of Engineers Rameswara Rao and R&B Engineers in Chief Ravinder Rao and Ganapathi Reddy participated.

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