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The Sree Sankara Bridge on the Main Central (MC) Road in Kalady will be fully closed nightly from 10 pm to 6 am until October 25 for urgent repair work.
Anachal's glass bridge, closed eight months following a court order regarding permissions and land issues, has reopened, now able to host 40 visitors at a time.
Villagers in Adkasthala, Kasaragod, await a promised suspension bridge as 'Bridge Man' Girish Bharadwaj, who built over 140 bridges, has died, leaving their long-delayed project uncertain.
Completed in the first week of May, the bridge was built during the previous LDF government following the intervention of former MLA A Raja to improve connectivity for Pothamedu residents.
According to the construction company, the bridge could be opened to light vehicles by the end of October and to heavy vehicles in November.
People have been urging the authorities to build a concrete bridge in Theerayam that could also be used for motor vehicle transport.
Even eight years after it was washed away in a flood, children in the region continue to reach their schools by walking across the structure using bamboo planks laid to create a makeshift path.
The authorities had hoped to complete the construction of the pillars by now and open the bridge for traffic within a year.
Heavy rains destroyed a temporary road near Muthappanpuzha bridge, risking connectivity for the tunnel project as monsoons approach. Residents' warnings about the inadequate causeway were reportedly ignored.
'The bridge is more than six decades old. The walls started cracking after a huge truck that came for laying the cables crossed the bridge.'
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