Daporijo bridge

IN NEWS:

• Daporijo bridge over Subansiri river has been constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in record time.

DAPORIJO BRIDGE:

• It is a 430 feet long bailey bridge over the Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district.
• The bridge has been named after martyr Hangpan Dada, who laid down his life fighting terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir and was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra.
• The bridge is a strategic link towards the LAC between India and China.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Daporijo bridge, seen in recent news, is located in:

1. Assam
2. Ladakh
3. Sikkim
4. Arunachal Pradesh

Answer to Prelims question