{"id":20941,"date":"2024-02-26T04:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20941"},"modified":"2025-04-06T08:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T03:11:38","slug":"sudarshan-setu-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sudarshan-setu-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sudarshan Setu&#8217; Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About &#8216;Sudarshan Setu&#8217; Bridge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is\u00a0India\u2019s longest cable-stayed bridge, at\u00a02.32 km,\u00a0on the Arabian Sea,\u00a0connecting Beyt\u00a0Dwarka island to mainland Okha in Gujarat&#8217;s Devbhumi Dwarka district.<\/li>\n<li>It boasts a\u00a0unique design, featuring\u00a0a footpath adorned with verses from the Bhagavad\u00a0Gita and\u00a0images of Lord Krishna on both sides.<\/li>\n<li>It also has\u00a0solar panels installed on\u00a0the upper portions of the footpath, generating one megawatt of electricity.<\/li>\n<li>The 2.32 km bridge, including 900 metres of a central double-span cable-stayed portion and a 2.45 km long approach road, has been constructed at a cost of Rs 979 crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Facts about Beyt Dwarka<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Beyt Island (also called Bet Dwarka or Shankodhar) is a small island\u00a0off the coast of Dwarka, Gujarat.<\/li>\n<li>Located at the\u00a0mouth of the Gulf of Kutch, the island is enclosed by a few\u00a0temples,\u00a0white\u00a0sand beaches, and\u00a0coral reefs.<\/li>\n<li>History:\n<ul>\n<li>It is believed\u00a0to be the home of Lord Krishna\u00a0when he was the king of Dwarka.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It derives its name from the word \u2018bet\u2019, which translates to \u2018gift\u2019, and it is believed that Lord Krishna received it from his friend Sudama.<\/li>\n<li>Explorations and excavations carried out under the sea\u00a0have revealed the presence of\u00a0settlements whose age can be\u00a0traced back to the era of the Harappan civilisation and that of the\u00a0Mauryan rule.<\/li>\n<li>In the later years, the region was\u00a0under the administration of the\u00a0Gaekwad clan of the state of Baroda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sri Keshavraj Ji Temple:\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0Lord Krishna temple located on the island.\u00a0It is an important site of Hindu pilgrimage.<\/li>\n<li>The temple is\u00a0500 years old and was\u00a0built by Vallabhacharya.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a cable-stayed bridge?<\/h3>\n<p>The cable-stayed bridges are composed of a central tower and a deck supported by cables radiating from the tower to the deck. This design allows for longer spans and reduces the number of materials needed compared to traditional suspension bridges. The cable-stayed concept is versatile and can be adapted for different types of terrain, such as over water or steep valleys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/gujarat\/all-you-need-to-know-about-sudarshan-setu-indias-longest-cable-stayed-bridge-in-gujarat-2909279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>All you need to know about &#8216;Sudarshan Setu&#8217;, India&#8217;s longest cable-stayed bridge in Gujarat<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Sudarshan Setu&#8217; Bridge is India\u2019s longest cable-stayed bridge, at 2.32 km, on the Arabian Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}