Mahatma Gandhi Setu to be redone by NHAI: finally, a decision comes through! .. Patna: according to the latest reports, the superstructure of the 29-year-old Mahatma Gandhi Setu is to be dismantled and redone. The decision came after a meeting between AK Upadhyaya, the Union ministry of road transport and highways secretary and the state officials including road construction department (RCD) secretary Pratyaya Amrit. Upadhyaya said ‘The National Highway Authority of India will be assigned the task to dismantle and redo the superstructure’. The state government had pleaded for the takeover of... 

Round the clock deployement of magistrates at Gandhi setu to ease traffic Lets hope the normalcy is restored.... Government has finally appointed magistrates round the clock to work in shifts at both sides of Gandhi setu bridge to ease the traffic. It should be noted here that since the repair works of Rajendra setu, near Mokama has started some 3 months back, the traffic was diverted to Gandhi setu. The congestion increased by 50,000 to 57, 000 after this diversion.Gandhi setu had history of traffic jams due to unending repairs, and also due to bad driving sense.The added congestion in traffic...