Summary:
It is a matter of great pride for us that Atalji had given the push to start construction work. Once completed, the bridge will connect Dibrugarh district in Assam with Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. In his speech in Dibrugarh, Vajpayee had asked then railway board chairman IIMS Rana to complete the bridge in six years (2008) in place of the original deadline of 2009. We would have been happy had the bridge been completed in his lifetime," the MLA said while paying tribute to Vajpayee at the party office in Dibrugarh. "I will soon write to chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to take up the issue with the Centre..