A bridge over the Sisar river, which will connect East Siang and Lower Dibang Valley districts in Arunachal Pradesh, is nearing completion after over a decade.
The construction of both ends of the bridge is almost complete with the middle portion finished earlier.
The Sisiri bridge will connect western and central locations in the state like Itanagar and Pasighat with eastern towns like Roing, Tezu and Namsai without having to go through Assam.
In December 2017, deputy chief minister Chowna Mein had inspected the bridge construction sites at Sisiri from Aohali village under Mebo sub-division along National Highway 52, which is a part of the Trans-Arunachal Highway. Mein had asked the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited’s general manager, Vivek Srivastav, to expedite the work but even after passing of a year, the bridge was yet to see the light of the day.
