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PATNA: Movement of heavy vehicles on the dilapidated Mahatma Gandhi Setu will be prohibited from Monday. Accordingly, it had been recommended that heavy vehicles should not be allowed to ply on the bridge until the completion of the rehabilitation work,” the minister added.While heavy vehicles have been barred from using the bridge, private vehicles and auto-rickshaws can use the pontoon bridge underneath the Setu even at night. Lights have been installed underneath the Setu for this purpose,” the Patna DM said. Buses will, however, be allowed to ply on the bridge, which is undergoing rehabilitation.“Trucks carrying sand and stone aggregates and other heavy vehicles having more than 12 wheels will not be allowed to ply on the bridge from Monday,” Patna DM Kumar Ravi told TOI on Sunday. “Round-the-clock vehicular movement on the pontoon bridge has already started..