Warning : Howrah bridges glory is vanishing in 2019
Civilization taking over the old glory of Howrah Bridge. Old
light, old culture, old nostalgia is covering by the dust call civilization.
When it
comes to India people talk about two things one the Taj Mahal and Howrah
bridge. Although both of their condition
is drowning. Today we only talk about Howrah bridge, Mr. George Turnbull was the person who
dreamed about this . As a chief engineer of east Indian railway, he draws the map
and estimated this project is full of challenges like the huge project value
and the foundation would be at a considerable depth and cost because of the
depth of the mud.
Keeping this in mind, Calcutta port
trust has been found in 1870 and the very next year they approved the project
and allotted the project value.
Some philosopher says “when the
storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life.” Howrah Bridge, the bridge was considerably
damaged by the great cyclone in 1874. Interestingly the bridge work finished
and inaugurated on this same year and named Pontoon Bridge. But it was only
1528 ft long and 68 ft wide so it was very difficult for any boat to pass on
it.
So again they called up for one another bridge.In 1906 British
government pass the bill, unfortunately, it was approved after 31 years .In
1936 Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop construction company started their project
of making the world’s first Hanging Iron bridge, and finally, it completed in 1942.
since then the Howrah bridges journey started. After a few years, it was named
Rabindra Setu.
From Bullock cart to electric
car, from a horse pulling tram to solar power buses everything changes except
two, the common people and the bridge itself. standing tall talking about the
past the glory everything. Nowadays people becoming civilize and smart but
moral less manner less .pedestrian has
the don’t care attitude about the cleanliness notice, they are moving forward
but leaving all the garbage’s behind .turning haven into hell, spitting
here and there and taking away the glory
and the pride of Howrah Bridge. And the Government does not take any action on it. Now the question
arrive how long been we will tolerate and the government will take action?
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