The Centre has informed the Patna High Court that the dilapidated Mahatma Gandhi Setu will be totally revamped within 42 months and a new four-lane bridge, parallel to it, will be put in place in due time.
Lawyers representing the Centre informed an HC bench of Acting Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, that a detailed project report (DPR) for the construction of a new parallel bridge will be available soon for the Centre to take a decision on.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by Dinesh Kumar Khoorpiwala on the issue.
The judges also asked Bihar Additional Advocate General Anjani Kumar to file a detailed affidavit with respect to the Digha-Pahleza road, stating by when it could be made operational.
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