Karnali Bridge Vs Brooklyn Bridge

-
Karnali Bridge from south side

Driving down to Kohalpur from Surkhet and moving straight west towards Bardiya and finally touching Chisapani crossing Karnali Bridge was quite an exciting moment. Karnali Bridge used to be always in my mind but was not able to catch it since long time. When I saw the single towered bridge there, I was fascinated with its high tech engineering and beauty of architecture. I went downstream of Karnali River. I could not stop myself taking snaps of this one-towered bridge.
Karnali Bridge from West side

When I saw this bridge, Brooklyn Bridge came into my mind that joins Brooklyn city with Manhattan down town of New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge is really amazing. Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883 and exactly after 100 years in 1993, Karnali Bridge was completed. I just felt the Karnali Bridge as a mini Brooklyn Bridge. This connects Bardiya and Kailali districts. It has one skyscraping steel tower but Brooklyn Bridge has two masonry towers. The suspension cables look similar with those of Brooklyn Bridge. Only the contrast is they are attached to single tower in Karnali Bridge but in Brooklyn Bridge, they are attached to two towers. Passerby road is above the motor ways in Brooklyn Bridge whereas sidewalks are on both side of motor way in Karnali Bridge. Karnali Bridge is over the Karnali River whereas Brooklyn Bridge is over the East River. Both are the example of fascinating engineering feat.
Brooklyn Bridge from North side

Taking metro from any corner of New York City, we used to go to Manhattan borough to visit Brooklyn Bridge along with friends. We used to sing 'har ghadi badal rahi hai…' in SRK style from Kal Ho Na Ho movie and catching this scene in video mode of camera. I can still remember two white tall girls suddenly came to me and showed the interest to take photo with me and I readily agreed. We took some smiley snaps but here in Karnali Bridge, nobody came to take photo along with me… he…he…he.

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2012 at 12:43 AM

    Karnalai bridge would play a similar role in the development of western Nepal as Brooklyn bridge did for the development of Manhattan. Caissons disease was coined while building the Brooklyn bridge.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Uttam PachyaFebruary 15, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    Yes you are rite… both have similar role in development and regarding caisson disease, it's decompression sickness that happens while rapidly coming up( low pressure) from deep underwater(high pressure) where dissolved gas( especially Nitrogen) in blood changes into bubbles that block arteries causing ischemic( low blood supply to tissue) pain and even causing death. It happened even to the project in-charge of Brooklyn Bridge construction, Washington Roebling the son of previous project in-charge john Augustus Roebling. It's been mentioned that 27 people died during construction but I could not get any information about tragic story during Karnali Bridge construction.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    nice one...short and sweet. like the comparison

    ReplyDelete
  4. NirmalFebruary 15, 2012 at 1:36 PM

    vERY gOOD.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

High School Chronicle: First Mark in Trigonometry

-
Image
I was studying in government high school in grade eight. It just came out in my mind that I should join boarding school. I just shared my desire with my mom.  'Daamlo badhna mann lagyo?!' She said, 'you are doing well in government school, so….'  'Well mom, I wanna do more.' I replied immediately. She then readily accepted. Dad also encouraged me to do more. School's principal was asked about my entry in that boarding school. I was ready for entrance test and was waiting in admin office. When principal knew that I was the first boy in government school, he just accepted me in same grade though I was prepared for grade seven. I even needed not appear in the entrance test. Everybody was looking at me. Some talked to me some were yet to talk. Since I was new, every teacher asked my introduction. All the regular students were in their own flock and I was with my high school friend who also admitted just one month before I did. People did not accept me easily a...
Read more

working in periphery

-
What comes in your mind when you find yourself where there is no telecommunication, no electricity and no internet-you will completely paralysed; something you will feel breathlessness. Well guys, it was same for me when I was posted in Sallibazar, a town on the bank of Veri river in Salyan district on its western border with Surkhet. When I started my journey from Kohalpur to this place, I was playing with the aggression of Veri river's flood. The road sometimes touches it and sometimes goes far away from it. There is no way when vehicles get accident, it will be swallowed by Veri river. I have blurring recall of Babai, Harre, Chhinchu,Mehelkuna, Botechaur, Pokhre, Reikar, Baluwa sangrahi, Amra and finally Sallibazar. When I got gradually accustomed to this place, it was heavenly touchy completely different from internet world. I found it as a real world and beautiful than the prototype virtual lifestyle in urban areas. I got up at 7 AM and do some light exercise and take break...
Read more

Boarding Bajura

-
When I was assigned for Bajura District for Measles-Rubella (MR) campaign I was excited to visit this district because it was my great opportunity to visit Bajura officially otherwise I may not be able to visit this place personally. After completing some administrative procedures I set out for Bajura District. Driving down to Kohalpur, moving through Bardiya and crossing the Karnali Bridge, we stopped by in Chisapani where we took lunch with fish curry in an eatery. Thereafter we moved towards Dhangadi where we entered the field office of WHO-IPD and talked about technical activity about MR campaign in Far western development region. FWDR consists of 9 districts and one of them is Bajura, a rural district in FWDR where vehicle is yet to reach there. Motor road is on the way of construction.  Martadi Bazar, the HQ of Bajura At 14:00 hour we headed for Dadeldhura where we planned for night stay. While moving towards Dadeldhura, we felt as if we were heading towards Surkhe...
Read more