India

Under Construction Bridge Collapses In East Champaran, Bihar

In the early hours of Sunday, an under construction bridge in East Champaran district of Bihar collapsed. The bridge was being built under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. The construction was taking place with a cost of 1.59 crore.

The 40-foot-long bridge was built between the Amwa village of Ghorasahan block and the Chainpur railway station. The incident occurred in Ghorasahan block in the district.

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According to the information shared by locals to a news agency, the bridge fell after the concretisation. Concretisation was underway from the Saturday night.

Executive Engineer of PWD Dhaka sub-division of East Champaran, SN Mandal said, “The bridge is being constructed in two spans. The concretisation of the bridge was done from one side on Saturday. After that, last night dozens of anti-social elements came at the construction site in some vehicles and broke the support of the bridge. Due to this, the bridge collapsed. The administrative officer has been informed about this,”

Dhiraj Construction Private Limited, based in Motihari, constructed the bridge. On March 10 of this year, Rama Devi, a former Sheohar BJP MP, placed the bridge’s foundation stone.

Meanwhile, citing the reason behind the collapse, villagers claimed that low quality material was employed to construct the bridge.

A villager, named Dipak said, “The bridge collapsed due to the irregularities being done in the construction. A high-level investigation is needed here. The engineer is using low-grade materials for the construction of the bridge. This is the reason why the bridge collapsed.”

It is noteworthy that a 40-45 year old bridge build on Gandak river in Siwan collapsed on Saturday.

Last week, another bridge built with an estimated cost of Rs 12 crore in the Sikti block of Araria collapsed before its inauguration.

Shibra Arshad

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