India’s Longest Bridge Ignites Political Debate Ahead of Assam Voting
The Dhubri Phulwari Bridge - India’s Longest Bridge, represents development and connectivity in the area. It continues to be a ray of hope for the people of Assam and Meghalaya even as the opposing storylines play out closer to election day.
India’s Longest Bridge Fires Up Political Debate Ahead Of Voting In Assam
Being largest voters of Dhubri constituency of Assam, the construction of the India’s longest bridge is the main campaign point in election politics. The bridge which shall encompass over the Brahmaputra River aims to tie up Dhubri of Assam with Phulwari of Meghalaya brings to a halt the travel crucial time, deactivate trade and instigate communication between the linking two states.
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Projecting 21kilometre-span bridge to be finished by 2027, the Pan-Tripartite Election among three parties of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Assam Gana Parishad(AGP) and Congress reflects the central election issue. It is marked that the construction for bridge was begun back in 2021, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates.
The community members, which includes students, businessmen, and commuters, have become excited over a new bridge suggesting that the design and help of the current transportation of boats is challenging. Now, a trip on a boat across the Brahmaputra – when the river is calm – may require three or four hours, and any voyage during the monsoon season could be a problem. We predict the bridge will reduce Dhubri to Phulwari’s journey time by about 200 km, which would improve trade activities and facilitate other essential gatherings.
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A student states his comments where he mentions, “After the construction of the bridge, coordination problems will be of no difficulty at all because currently it takes us tremendous amount of time of 3 hours to travel via waterway. Additionally, it’s a huge river, which is risky too. Therefore, development of Dhubri and Meghalaya as the two states will be the impactful facts.”
The bridge has emerged as an important theme that reflects the three competitors’ candidacies. Each party can be positioned to have run the project or have been its champion, with different stories being floated on the same project.
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