This document is an answer to the LOK Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1983, answered on December 11th, 2025, regarding the construction of a revolving restaurant on the new Zuari Bridge. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways (Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari) states that the government has not sanctioned the construction of an observatory tower or a revolving restaurant on the Zuari Bridge (also known as Manohar Sethu). However, following a request from the State Government of Goa, the Central Government has given in-principle No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the State Government of Goa for leasing out government land to build a non-revolving cafeteria, restaurant, and observatory gallery at the new Zuari Bridge under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. The scheduled completion date for the proposed observatory towers and restaurant, as provided by the State Government of Goa, is March 31, 2031. The question was asked by Shri Captain Viriato Fernandes.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The ministry responsible for answering the question about the construction of a revolving restaurant on the new Zuari Bridge.
Zuari Bridge: The location of the proposed construction, central to the question and answer.
Goa: The State government involved in requesting and facilitating the project.
Public Private Partnership (PPP): The mode under which the restaurant and observatory gallery would be constructed.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1983
ANSWERED ON 11TH DECEMBER, 2025
CONSTRUCTION OF REVOLVING RESTAURANT ON NEW ZUARI BRIDGE
1983. SHRI CAPTAIN VIRIATO FERNANDES:
Will the MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is constructing an observatory tower as
well as a revolving restaurant over the new Zuari Bridge, also known as
Manohar Sethu, if so, the reasons for the need or importance of having
such a tower and a restaurant;
(b) the estimated cost separately for construction of the tower and the
restaurant respectively;
(c) the mode of getting people/customers to visit the actual site of the
tower and the restaurant either by road, air or ferry boat considering that
the Zuari River flows beneath the bridge;
(d) the location of parking for the vehicles bringing people to the site;
and
(e) the date by which the construction is likely to be completed?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)
(a) to (e) The Government has not sanctioned the work for construction
of Observatory tower as well as a revolving restaurant over the new
Zuari Bridge. However, on the request of the State Government of Goa,
the Central Government has conveyed in-principle NOC to the State
Government of Goa for leasing out the Government land for the
construction of observatory tower including cafeteria, non-revolvingrestaurant and observatory gallery at the new Zuari Bridge under Public
Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.
As per details provided by the State Government of Goa, the
scheduled date for completion of the proposed observatory towers and
restaurant along with other facilities is 31.03.2031.
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