Bengal CM inaugurates Majherhat bridge, blames railways for delay in project completion

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday inaugurated the four-lane Majherhat bridge, which had collapsed over two years ago, and claimed that the project got delayed by nine months as the railways took time to grant requisite permission.

Banerjee also came down heavily on the BJP for staging a stir on November 26, “despite knowing that work has been completed and the bridge was to be inaugurated in a few days”.

“Will those who demonstrated in the area a few days ago be able to show their faces in the media to explain why it took so long for the railways to give their consent? Why did the railways take Rs 34 crore from the state for maintaining its own property under the bridge,” she said.