Officials reported on Friday that unknown individuals damaged the glass at one end of the Bajrang Setu, India’s inaugural glass pedestrian bridge currently under construction across the Ganga River in the popular tourist spot of Laxman Jhula, Uttarakhand.
Praveen Karnawal, the Executive Engineer from the Narendranagar Construction Division of the Public Works Department, stated that CCTV cameras are being added to the structure and sufficient lighting is being arranged to avoid similar occurrences moving forward.
He explained that the walkways on either side of the bridge feature five layers of reinforced glass, each 12 millimeters thick, resulting in a total thickness of 60 millimeters.
Only the uppermost layer sustained damage, while the four layers beneath it remained intact, he noted.
Work on the bridge started in 2022, and this marks the second such event this year. On January 3, a hammer accidentally fell from a worker’s hand during building activities, causing damage to the glass that was subsequently fixed.
Karnawal mentioned that the project, costing around Rs 69.20 crore, spans 132.30 meters in length and 8.60 meters in width. Pedestrian paths 1.80 meters wide are being developed on both sides.
(This report, excluding the title, comes from a syndicated source and has not been altered by NDTV staff.)
