Pillar Of Under-Construction Bridge In Bihar's Kishanganj Caves In

A pillar of an under-construction bridge on Mechi River which connects Katihar and Kishanganj districts in Bihar, caved in near Gori village on NH-327E.

A pillar of an under-construction bridge on Mechi River which connects Katihar and Kishanganj districts in Bihar, caved in near Gori village on NH-327E.

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A pillar of an under-construction bridge on Mechi River which connects Katihar and Kishanganj districts in Bihar, caved in near Gori village on NH-327E. A local resident said that this is the mistake of the constructor and the engineer. "This is the mistake of the constructor and the engineer, they have not done their work properly. Action should be taken against them," he said, as quoted by the news agency ANI.

#WATCH | "This is the mistake of the constructor and the engineer, they have not done their work properly. Action should be taken against them," says a local pic.twitter.com/LMlatC2jIG

— ANI (@ANI) June 24, 2023

In another incident, a labourer died after an under-construction bridge caved in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district on Thursday. The incident occurred in Khohri village in the district late Thursday evening where construction of the bridge has been going on for a long time. Upon getting the information about the incident SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) team reached the spot and with the cooperation of the Rithi police team launched a search operation to rescue the labourer.

Later, the team took out the body from the debris. The labourer who died was identified as Neeraj Chaudhary (22). Naib Tehsildar Rajeev Mishra said, "Around six persons were working in the construction of the bridge in the area and on Thursday evening, the bridge suddenly collapsed and the labourer named Neeraj Chaudhary died," as quoted by ANI.

"An investigation will be done to ascertain the reason for the incident and whose negligence it was. The police established a case into the matter and sent the body for the post-mortem to Rithi Health Center," Mishra said, as quoted by ANI.

Earlier on June 4, an under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed. The bridge was constructed to link Bhagalpur and Khagaria districts over the river Ganges. It involved a cost of over Rs 1,770 crore and was supposed to be completed by 2019.

The foundation stone of the structure was laid in February 2014, by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. A PIL has been filed in the Patna High Court seeking an independent inquiry into the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur. The petitioner, Manibhushan Pratap Sengar, in his writ petition, sought an independent probe instead of a departmental inquiry and action against SP Singla Company, involved with the construction of the bridge.

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