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Ten years on, a bridge still struggles to make ends meet

Samne Ghat-Ramnagar link yet to be completed; locals left with a pontoon bridge

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The unfinished bridge between Samne Ghat and Ramnagar town (right) has forced people to bank on a pontoon bridge which can only handle two- and three-wheelers. Photo: N Sundaresha Subramanian

N Sundaresha Subramanian Varanasi

Last Updated : Mar 01 2017 | 12:09 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is proud of his Samajwadi Party (SP) government’s infrastructure achievements and often showcases the 302-km Agra-Lucknow Expressway, completed in record time. But, for residents of Varanasi’s Samne Ghat, it is not the highway that comes to mind. It is an unfinished bridge that stands as a testimony to the infrastructure record of not one but two SP governments.

The pillar-mounted bridge, about a couple of km long, connecting Samne Ghat and Ramnagar town across the Ganga was conceived nearly 15 years ago and has been a work in progress for 10 years. While

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