Sudarshan Setu | 26 Feb 2024
Recently, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Sudarshan Setu (also known as the Okha-Beyt Dwarka Signature Bridge), India's longest cable-stayed bridge connecting the Okha mainland and the Beyt Dwarka island in Gujarat.
- The bridge is technically a sea link, a first for Gujarat, with a total length of 4,772 meters, featuring a 900-meter-long cable-stayed section.
- It also has solar panels installed on the upper portions of the footpath, generating one megawatt of electricity.
- The Union government funded the project, underscoring its strategic importance.
- Bet Dwarka, is the second largest island off the Gujarat coast, after the Union Territory of Diu.
- The bridge, constructed as a part of National Highway (NH) 51 that runs along the sea coast of Saurashtra, was built by the NH division of Gujarat Roads and Buildings Department.
- Atal Setu is the longest bridge in India and also the longest sea bridge in the country.
