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KOLKATA: The PWD will start dismantling the Majerhat bridge within the next two three days. But piers for the new bridge cannot be where the old piers were located. The state government is not keen to do so and wants the old bridge to go before the new bridge construction commences.The PWD will be the nodal agency for pulling down the old bridge as well as building the new one. It is best to start work on the deck next to the collapsed section. With the chief minister fixing a year’s time for the construction of the new bridge, PWD officials are eyeing emergency provisions to bypass the usual ones of issuing tenders to award contracts..