Kolia Bhomora Setu - Construction Schedule

Construction Schedule

The river offers only 135 days for normal river-bed working, as compared to 180–210 days for other major rivers of India. This necessitated large-scale mechanization for foundations and elaborate arrangements for superstructure works even during high-floods. The Guide-bund, involving 19 lakh m3 of earth-work and 8.2 lakh m3 of boulder-work, was required to be completed within 135 days and needed deployment of machinery worth Rs.11 Crores for the work. The actual time of completion of each work, is as follows : -