{"id":54963,"date":"2025-07-15T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=54963"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:48:51","slug":"sigandur-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sigandur-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigandur Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sigandur Bridge Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways recently dedicated the cable-stayed Sigandur Bridge constructed across Sharavati River backwaters in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district in Karnataka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sigandur Bridge<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sigandur Bridge, also known as the <\/span><b>Ambaragodlu-Kalasavalli Bridge,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is constructed across <\/span><b>Sharavati River backwaters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sagar taluk of <\/span><b>Shivamogga district in Karnataka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>India&#8217;s second-longest cable-stayed bridge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is <\/span><b>2.44 km long <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and16 metre wide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built at a cost of Rs 473 crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bridge will reduce the distance from Sagara town to Sigandur where the famous Chowdeshwari temple is situated.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new bridge <\/span><b>restores a critical link disrupted since<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the construction of the <\/span><b>Linganamakki Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the 1970s, which submerged key land corridors and left many communities isolated.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With no proper bridge over the backwaters, villagers often relied on boats or had to make long road detours to reach taluk centres.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Key Facts about Sharavati River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important <\/span><b>west-flowing river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the state of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major part of the Sharavati river basin lies in the <\/span><b>Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rising in the Western Ghats,<\/b> <b>it flows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a northwesterly direction <\/span><b>to the Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Honavar in Uttara Kannada District.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>length <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the river is <\/span><b>128 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the river basin covers 2,985 sq km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On its way, the Sharavathi forms the <\/span><b>Jog Falls, one of the highest waterfalls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India, where the river falls from a height of 253 m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diverse geological features mark the river\u2019s course, including <\/span><b>rocky outcrops, fertile plains, and deep gorges.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Major Tributaries:<\/b> <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Nandihole, Haridravathi, Mavinahole,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hilkunji, Yennehole, Hurlihole, and Nagodihole.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/union-minister-nitin-gadkari-inaugurates-sigandur-bridge-in-karnataka\/article69809985.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sigandur Bridge spans the Sharavati River backwaters in Sagar taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka\u2014serving as a critical connection in the region. 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