Mumbai/Lonavala: Standing at a height of 182 metres from the ground—the equivalent of a 60-storey building—the cable-stayed bridge in a deep valley on the Mumbai-Pune expressway is an engineering marvel.

Hanging from safety harnesses in the valley, hundreds of workers have been busy for years, building the bridge in the green Sahyadri mountains, come rain or shine, under conditions almost resembling an adventure sport. One small mistake in this case could be fatal.

Now nearly complete, the tallest cable-stayed bridge in Maharashtra is a critical part of the Rs 6,690 crore Missing Link project on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, which will cut travel time between the two cities by up to 45 minutes. Show Full Article

“This was very challenging work, and so was taking labourers there to such a

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