Welcome to HRBC

Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal that was established in 1969 for the purpose of construction of a new bridge across the river Hooghly when the iconic Howrah Bridge was being found to be inadequate for catering to growing trans-river communication. HRBC accomplished the job and enjoys its laurels to this date as the elegant cable-stayed structure of the 2nd Hooghly Bridge or Vidyasagar Setu as it has been named stands as an engineering marvel on the skyline of Kolkata.

After the achievement of its primary objective with the inauguration of the Vidyasagar Setu in 1992, the organization entered into various infrastructural development works of the Government. It successfully implemented the Calcutta Transport Infrastructure Development Project under JBIC loan assistance ...