Iconic cable bridge in Surat to get structural health reporting system
The work to install decorative lighting and structural health-monitoring system on Surat’s Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay cable bridge on the Tapi river built at a cost of Rs 144 crore, will begin from next week. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will spend Rs 20 crore for the works.
“We will spend Rs 20 crore so that the bridge will last for the next 15 to 20 years. In the structural monitoring system, a control-room centre will be set up below the bridge. Information like temperature, load bearing, vibration, stress, deflection, censors and wind pressure on the bridge will be recorded. The work has been given to Unique Construction,” said B N Pani, commissioner, SMC.
