Zero Bridge Dismantled

Kashmir's iconic Zero Bridge dismantled

History flowed down the Jhelum River in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Wednesday as the authorities started dismantling the six-decade-old Zero Bridge - said to be so named because it was constructed by a contractor who was deaf! "The bridge was constructed by a local contractor who was deaf. 'Zorr' means deaf in Kashmiri and the bridge was ...