Ms Sonia Gandhi UPA chairperson has laid the foundation stone for a cable stayed bridge on 10.5 kilometers long Dunera Bani road over river Ravi at Basohli in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The 592 meters long bridge will be constructed at a cost of INR 145 crore and the contract for the construction of the bridge has been awarded to IRCON SPS Construction Pvt Limited.

The two lane class A bridge with 13.93 meters width will have 1.5 meters wide footpaths on either side. The length between towers will be 350 meters and approaches 121 meters. The height of pylons is designed to be 88 meters above the deck level.

The bridge is expected to be completed by end 2014. The Basohli Bridge will be a technological marvel and will be a cable stayed bridge, similar to the second Hoogly Bridge at Kolkata, Naini Bridge at Allahabad and the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link at Mumbai.