Tender floated for Rs 844 crore six-lane Sevoke bridge

The government of India wants to build a big new bridge in a place called Sevoke, in the hills of north Bengal.

The bridge will cross a large river called the Teesta.

Right now, people use an old bridge called the Coronation Bridge, which was built a very long time ago, between 1937 and 1941.

That old bridge is very crowded and carries lots of traffic between Siliguri and the Dooars.

So the government decided to build a new bridge to make travel easier.

The new bridge will have six lanes, meaning six lines of cars can travel on it at once.

It will cost about 844 crore rupees, which is a huge amount of money.

The government has invited companies to send offers, called tenders, to build it.

Many people in the region are happy because they have been asking for an alternative bridge for a long time.