Proposal to rebuild Parel bridge ready

Our Correspondent 

Chamba, January 14

The Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department (HP PWD) has drawn a proposal to reconstruct the Parel bridge over the Ravi on the Chamba-Banikhet road near Chamba town which collapsed on October 19 last year.

The collapsed bridge was completed in May, 2005, at a cost of Rs1.99 crore by a construction company based in Panchkula (Haryana). It was a pre-stressed balanced cantilever bridge from the engineering point of view. 

PWD Chamba Division Executive Engineer Jeet Singh Thakur said the proposal to reconstruct the bridge was discussed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Engineering-in-Chief RS Verma at Shimla on December 19 along with Chief Engineer (Kangra Zone) SK Ganju, and other departmental officials.

After taking into consideration all the aspects and the formalities, the proposal would be submitted to the state government for approval, Thakur further said. 

The Parel bridge is an important link to several remote areas of Chamba and Churah subdivisions of the district.