State’s first floating bridge to be inaugurated in Udupi today
The Hindu
MANGALURU
The State’s first floating bridge will be inaugurated on Malpe Beach in Udupi on Friday.
According to Sudesh Shetty, lease holder, Malpe Beach, the bridge will be inaugurated in the presence of Udupi MLA K. Raghupati Bhat and Deputy Commissioner M. Kurma Rao.
The bridge will be an added attraction to increase tourist footfall in Udupi. The bridge, set up at a cost of ₹80 lakh invested by three local entrepreneurs, is 100 m long.
A visitor will have to pay ₹100 per person and can walk on the bridge for 15 minutes by wearing a life jacket. There will be 10 life guards and 30 lifebuoy rings on the bridge for the safety of visitors.
While on the bridge, a visitor can feel the sea wave movement and can enjoy his walk. It will be like riding on the waves, he said.
he Tamil Nadu Government will take appropriate decision to protect the welfare and livelihood of Manjolai tea estate workers as Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, which is managing the tea gardens for the past 90-odd years, is about to wind up its operations in near future, Speaker M. Appavu has said.