Question
Download Solution PDFThe Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is built across which river?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Lohit River
Key Points
- Inaugurated in 2017, Dhola-Sadiya bridge or referred to as Bhupen Hazarika Setu connects northeastern states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- This bridge was built across Lohit River ,which is a tributary of the Brahmaputra river. Hence option 2 is correct.
- With its length around 9.15 km, it is the longest bridge in India over water.
- The construction of this bridge began in 2011 under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in collaboration with Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd, Hyderabad.
- Bhupen Hazarika was an Indian playback singer, lyricist and politician from Assam who was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 2019.
Additional Information
- The Ganges is the largest river system in India that origins in the Gangotri glacier, Himalayas.
- Here, it is referred to as Bhagirathi.
- Bhagirathi and Alakananda congruence is called Devprayag.
- The Ganga river mainly passes through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
- Narmada is the largest west-flowing river and fifth largest river system in India which originates near the Amarkantak range in Madhya Pradesh and drains into the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat.
- It passes through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
- Yamuna river originates at Yamunotri in the Himalayas, passes through Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and finally merges with the Ganga at a sacred place called Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
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