Posted 4/11/2024, 4:59:30 PM
Vizag Floating Bridge Launch Falls Flat, Project Shelved After Structure Dismantled
- YSR Congress party leader Y V Subba Reddy launched ambitious Vizag Floating Bridge project in Feb 2023
- Bridge inaugurated amid fanfare but later seen lying abandoned and blocked for public
- Project conceptualized on lines of Thrissur floating bridge in Kerala, set up by private agency
- Industry Minister among VIPs who inaugurated bridge but it broke away next day
- Authorities claim it was mock launch and structure was allowed to dismantle due to waves
- Despite public interest, project believed to be shelved after critical scrutiny