Kasargod: The decks have been cleared for erecting perhaps the State’s tallest road bridge linking two hills in Pullur-Periye and Bedakam grama panchayats, which will also provide easy access to Bengaluru from the district.

Senior Public Works Department (PWD) officials who visited the site near Periye recently decided to resume work on the 130-metre-long Ayamkadavu bridge across Chandragiri River.

The nearly 25-metre-tall bridge is expected to be completed by March next. The officials have decided to resume the work after carrying out detailed site inspection as suggested by IIT expert Aravindakshan, who is credited with designing the structure. The team has evolved strategies to allay apprehension of the workers, most of whom hail from other States, and will make minor alterations by slightly increasing the length of the bridge.

Insurance coverage will be ensured for the migrant labourers and they will be provided helmets to allay their apprehension over the risk involved in crafting the concrete slab from 25-metre height. The project also involves reconstruction of the nearby Periye-Ayampara road and the 2.5-km-long road linking Kolathur along the 45-km-long Poinachi-Bandadukka road from where one can reach Bengaluru via Karnataka’s Sullia town of DK.