Bet Dwarka: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in reply to the media’s query today said the construction work of a signature bridge connecting Okha and Bet Dwarka in Devbhumi Dwarka district will complete by October this year.

The Chief Minister was briefly interacting with the media person right next to the site of the under-construction signature bridge over the Arabian sea. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi.

The coastal town Okha and pilgrim island Bet Dwarka will be linked with a new 2 km sea link bridge with the opening of this bridge which was first proposed in the year 2014 for thousands of devotees who pay visits every day.

Gujarat Chief Minister and Minister of State for Home on visit to coastal Bet Dwarka in Saurashtra region where mega demolition drive against encroachment on Government land was carried out recently by the State Government. pic.twitter.com/j3qw2SwqUs

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At present only through passenger boats, one can go from Okha to Bet Dwarka. The bridge will help in increasing tourist facilities.

The Centre had in the year 2017 approved Rs 962 crore cable-stayed signature bridge project. A 3.73 km four-lane 27.20-meter wide cable-stayed signature bridge will be built connecting Okha and Bet Dwarka. The bridge will have a 2.5-meter wide footpath with street lights. The footpath will have solar panels atop it which will generate 1 MW of power. The approach of this bridge on the Okha side will be 209 meters in length while on the Bet Dwarka side, it will be 1101 meters. The bridge portion length will be 2.32 km. The 900-meter middle portion will be cable-stayed type. Out of three spans the middle span will be 500 meters in length which will be the largest in India. It will have a 150-meter toll and two pylons. The other 13 spans on two sides will have a 50-meter length. DeshGujarat