Prime Minister inaugurates Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu in Guwahati, Assam
- Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu is a 6-lane extradosed Prestressed Concrete (PSC) bridge across the Brahmaputra, connecting Guwahati with North Guwahati, Assam.
- First extradosed bridge in Northeast India, incorporating seismic base-isolation and a Bridge Health Monitoring System (BHMS).
- Relevant for GS-III (Infrastructure) and GS-I (Ancient History — Kamarupa/Varman dynasty) and Prelims (place-in-news + bridge naming).