The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has asked the state government for a report on how much wind force the proposed Majerhat bridge could sustain. Banerjee later forwarded the letter to the PWD, which is rebuilding the Majerhat bridge. Sources said the government would have to conduct a “Wind Tunnel Test” to ascertain how much wind force the proposed bridge could tolerate. Many structural engineers this newspaper spoke to said the Majerhat bridge would not be so high that wind could impact its stability. Railway sources said the CRS had sought the report because the proposed bridge would be a cable-stayed structure over railway tracks.

Source: The Telegraph February 20, 2020 22:30 UTC