100 years= 21 river bridge- 6 years = 16 river bridge

  PATNA: During the centenary celebrations of Bihar last month, road construction department minister Nand Kishore Yadav said that in 100 years the state got only 21 river bridges. On the contrary, 16 major river bridges have been built during the last six years, 17 are under construction and 12 are in various stages of proposal.The bridges that existed before 2005 are Veer Kuer Singh Setu, Buxar; RajendraSetu, Mokama; VikramshilaSetu, Bhagalpur; and Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna (all across the Ganga), B P MandalSetu, Dumariaghat; Kursela bridge and Kari-Kosi (all across Kosi), besides five bridges on Kamla river, three on Gandak river and two each on the Burhi Gandak, Sone and Falgu.

 
 The bridges constructed after 2005 include the KosiMahaSetu, four bridges each on Bagmati and Burhi-Gandak, two each on Kamla, Falgu and Mahananda rivers and one on the Sone. The proposed bridges include three on the Ganga at Bidupur, Mokama and Sahebganj, three on Gandak and one on Sone at Koelwar, which will be parallel to the existing rail-cumroad bridge. Bihar Bridge Construction Corporation is doing extremely good job and making bridges of confidence, said Yadav.