RAJAHMUNDRY/VIJAYAWADA: A newly constructed bridge at a village in Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district in Andhra Pradesh has been named after district collector
Himanshu Shukla
, acknowledging his efforts at having it built.
This is the second such incident in the district in the last six months, after a bridge connecting Mamidi Kuduru and Appanapalli villages was named 'Shukla Varadhi' in January this year.
The new bridge connecting Lutukurru and Pasarlapudi villages in the district has been named 'Himanshu Shukla Rama Setu'. The resolution to name the bridge after the
district collector
was unanimously passed by the gram panchayat to acknowledge the officer's tireless efforts and commitment to the project. The construction, which is said to have cost a little over Rs 1crore, was made possible through various grants, which include Rs 25lakh from the MPLADS fund, Rs 35lakh from zilla parishad, and Rs 41.02lakh from the district mineral fund. Construction work of the bridge was initiated when villagers met Shukla and voiced their grievance, who immediately accompanied them to assess the situation. Realising the urgency to address the needs of locals, the collector swung into action to mobilise resources and started the construction work, which he supervised himself.
The 75ft-long and 25.6ft-wide bridge is set to transform the lives of around 15,000 people of seven villages in the area by providing them a direct commute link to Amalapuram town. Villagers earlier faced numerous challenges due to the dilapidated condition of the old gravel and cement road, which used to become a death trap during rains.
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