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While running a cost comparison on both the projects, it emerged that the steel bridge costs Rs 1.40 crore. We will apprise the CM and present the facts before him,” said a senior PWD official who did not wish to be named. Because of the cost escalation, the second proposal was not given clearance. DEHRADUN: Commotion ensued at the Public Works Department (PWD) office in Dehradun on Wednesday after BJP MLA Mahesh Singh Negi sat on a protest, demanding immediate release of funds to start construction of a bridge in his constituency Dwarahat.At 12.30 pm, Negi skipped the assembly session and headed straight to the chief engineer’s office in Yamuna Colony. The PWD chief engineer has been instructed to file a compliance report,” said Negi.The proposal was conceptualized last year and the cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 70 lakh.The PWD officials, on the other hand, claimed that the clearance was given only for the construction of a concrete bridge, whereas Negi had been demanding for a steel bridge.“We had cleared the proposal to construct a concrete bridge, but another proposal was forwarded to us for construction of a steel bridge..