Setu Bharatam Project: Everything you should know

[ecis2016.org] With an intent to enhance road safety, the Setu Bharatam Project was completed in 2019. Mentioned below are the details about this mammoth project.

Among the government’s continuous attempts to improve infrastructural issues, the Setu Bharatam Project has been perfect by streamlining the structural loopholes and upgrading highways.

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The main focus of the Setu Bharatam Project, the Rs 102 billion project, is to enhance road safety.  208 over and under bridges constructed under this helps in convenient people traveling. The project was launched on March 4, 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Setu Bharatam Project: Main Focus

The Setu Bharatam Project focuses on repairing and fixing old bridges instead of building new ones. This way, not only the total cost is cut and land acquisition prevented, implementation is quicker. Renovating old bridges is also a wise decision because constructing new bridges altogether can be a long and tedious procedure where you have to clear railways, block prominent rails and cause road traffic.

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The Indian Bridge Management System has been conducting conditions surveys and making a list of all the bridges on Indian National highways by using Mobile Inspection Units. Owing to this, unnecessary expenditures are reduced and efficiency of highway utilisation is increased.

Setu Bharatam Project: States benefited

Refer to the table below to know about the 208 over bridges built across the country so far-

Setu Bharatam Project: Benefits 

• The project works towards improving the quality of bridges, which has deteriorated over the years. The aim of the Setu Bharatam Project is to rebuild worn out bridges and make them safe for traveling again. The roads are revamped by widening, replacing raw materials, and strengthening in a phased manner and around Rs. 30,000 crore has been used in this direction.
• The Setu Bharatam project ensures the safety of the travellers by working on damaged and faulty bridges. Close to 1500 existing bridges are reconstructed to make them safe again.
• Since the over bridges will provide excellent connectivity to all the parts of a city, it will save time.
• By March 2020, reports suggest that more than 50% of road accidents reduced because of the implementation of this scheme.

Setu Bharatam Project: Time taken

The Government of India launched this ambitious project in 2016 and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways successfully attained its target and completed the project by 2019. 

What more can be done?

Although the Setu Bharatam Project has managed to ameliorate the condition and infrastructure of highways and overall transportation in India, the following can help the ministry achieve more:

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• Bypassing the towns and cities present in the way of highways.
• Minimising the regional inequalities in the construction and prevalence of highways across India.
• Connecting the highways to all possible district and village roads.
• Having at least 4 lanes in all the highways.
• Reducing accident prone areas by avoiding blind curves and installing street lights.

Sethu Bharatam project Contact Information

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Transport Bhawan, 1, Parliament Street

New Delhi – 110001

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