Shivamogga, July 14 -- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated India's second-longest cable-stayed bridge located in Karnataka on Monday.

The six-kilometre-long Sharavathi Bridge has been built at Rs 472 crore and aims to enhance regional connectivity and boost mobility across the Malnad region, the Union Minister said in a post on X.

"Inaugurated India's second-longest cable-stayed bridge--the 6-km-long Sharavathi Bridge in Karnataka--built at a cost of Rs 472 crore to enhance regional connectivity and boost mobility across the Malnad region," read Gadkari's post.

The Union minister was accompanied by former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, Shivamogga MP BY Raghavendra, Karnataka MLA and BJP state preside...