The bridge over Harmu rivulet connecting Harmu Housing Colony with Vidyanagar residential locality, built at a cost of Rs 2.85 crore, is lying almost unused for over the past two-and-a-half years as there is no concrete approach road from Vidyanagar.
A visit on Saturday afternoon to the site of the bridge, a 90-metre-long and 10-metre-wide structure built by the rural department, plainly showed that the purpose for which it had been built at the special behest of chief minister Raghubar Das in January 2017 had not been achieved.
An informal enquiry by the paper revealed the rural department had not factored in the need for an approach road before building the bridge.
