The Majerhat bridge, which will be opened to traffic on December 3, will be named Jai Hind Bridge as a tribute to Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birthanniversary, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday.
“We have decided to change the name of the Majerhat bridge to Jai Hind Bridge as our tribute to Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary,” Mamata said at Nabanna.
“All the community centres in Calcutta under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation have been named Jai Hind. We have decided to take forward the slogan of Jai Hind in keeping with the ideals of Subhas Chandra Bose.”
The chief minister will inaugurate the bridge at 5pm on Thursday.
The decision to inaugurate the bridge on December 3 was taken on Saturday, a day after the railway and the PWD, which has implemented the Rs 200-crore project, submitted a “safety certificate” about the structure to the state government.
Senior officials of the PWD said final touches were being given to the structure ahead of the inauguration.
The police said the Bailey bridge, set up parallel to the Majerhat bridge after the old structure had collapsed in September 2018, will remain open, providing commuters an additional option to travel in the north-south direction.
