Guwahati, July 19 -- The Indian Railways sanctioned the construction of the Second Rail-cum-Road Bridge at Saraighat over the Brahmaputra River, under the doubling project of the Agthori-Kamakhya railway line in Assam.

The project, approved under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), is estimated to cost Rs 1,473.77 crore and is targeted for completion by December 2029, officials confirmed.

Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of NFR, said the project was sanctioned during the financial year 2023-24.

"As part of the progress, detailed estimates have been sanctioned by the Railway Board in February 2024, and the Design Drawing and Report has been finalised and duly approved by the competent authority in March 2...