Srinagar, April 17 -- According to an official from Roads and Building department (R&B), the construction of over 15 crucial bridges and around 07 footbridges in the Kashmir valley remains unfinished, despite commencing more than a decade ago.

The official told Kashmir Observer that over 50 percent of the work on most of these bridges have been completed and efforts are on to finish the work on all the bridges in this financial year.

"The work on the bridges got stalled due to multiple factors including paucity of funds, issues with the contractors and land acquisition," the official said.

The work on a number of bridges were taken-up by the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) that was merged with R&B department...