Via PTI
PATNA: An afternoon after the cave in of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river in Bihar, Leader Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday mentioned strict motion could be taken in opposition to the ones discovered accountable within the incident.
He additionally mentioned the bridge that collapsed on Sunday had additionally caved in remaining yr.
“The bridge isn’t being built correctly and for this reason it collapsed two times since April 2022. It is a critical topic. The dept involved has already initiated an intensive probe into it. Strict motion can be taken in opposition to the ones discovered accountable,” Kumar mentioned whilst chatting with journalists right here.
He additionally puzzled why the bridge structure paintings that began in 2014 has now not been finished up to now.
“Why is it operating in the back of the agenda? I’ve requested the dep. involved to probe this additionally. The deputy CM may be tracking the trends,” Kumar mentioned.
The three.16-km bridge being constructed since 2014 collapsed two times in 14 months – first at the Bhagalpur’s Sultanganj facet in April 2022 and the second one time on Sunday night time at the Khagaria facet.
The incident attracted public outrage, prompting the Leader Minister to reserve an investigation with directions to punish the ones accountable for the crisis.
Right away after the incident, Deputy Leader Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who additionally holds the portfolio of the Highway Building Division, on Sunday mentioned that the state executive was once making plans to demolish the under-construction bridge on account of structural flaws.
“It can be recalled {that a} portion of this bridge had collapsed on April 30 remaining yr. We had, thereafter, approached IIT-Roorkee, which is esteemed for its experience in structure issues, to habits a find out about. It’s but to get a hold of a last file however professionals who had studied the construction had knowledgeable us that there have been critical defects,” Yadav had mentioned.
An beneath structure bridge at the river Ganga collapsed in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district. @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 %.twitter.com/GhkhlsnQsv
— Ramashankar Mishra (@ramashankar68) June 4, 2023
“Remaining yr, a portion of this bridge have been given away in a thunderstorm, when the BJP was once in energy within the state. It was once an incident which was once broadly mentioned and I strongly raised it in my capability because the then Chief of the Opposition. Upon coming to energy, we ordered an inquiry and sought professional opinion,” mentioned Yadav, in an obvious riposte to the BJP, now in opposition, which sought the CM’s resignation over the problem.
A minimum of 30 slabs put on 3 pillars of the four-lane Sultanganj-Aguani Ghat bridge caved in and fell at the river on Sunday. No casualties had been reported within the incident, the district management mentioned. The bridge was once mentioned to have concerned an estimated price of Rs 1,700 crore.
A Haryana-based corporate has were given the contract for the development of the bridge, in opposition to which the BJP is now looking for motion.
The bridge will be the 6th at the Ganga river to glue northern Bihar with its south, lowering trip time to Sultanagnj, Khagaria, Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul.
PATNA: An afternoon after the cave in of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river in Bihar, Leader Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday mentioned strict motion could be taken in opposition to the ones discovered accountable within the incident.
He additionally mentioned the bridge that collapsed on Sunday had additionally caved in remaining yr.
“The bridge isn’t being built correctly and for this reason it collapsed two times since April 2022. It is a critical topic. The dept involved has already initiated an intensive probe into it. Strict motion can be taken in opposition to the ones discovered accountable,” Kumar mentioned whilst chatting with journalists right here.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
He additionally puzzled why the bridge structure paintings that began in 2014 has now not been finished up to now.
“Why is it operating in the back of the agenda? I’ve requested the dep. involved to probe this additionally. The deputy CM may be tracking the trends,” Kumar mentioned.
The three.16-km bridge being constructed since 2014 collapsed two times in 14 months – first at the Bhagalpur’s Sultanganj facet in April 2022 and the second one time on Sunday night time at the Khagaria facet.
The incident attracted public outrage, prompting the Leader Minister to reserve an investigation with directions to punish the ones accountable for the crisis.
Right away after the incident, Deputy Leader Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who additionally holds the portfolio of the Highway Building Division, on Sunday mentioned that the state executive was once making plans to demolish the under-construction bridge on account of structural flaws.
“It can be recalled {that a} portion of this bridge had collapsed on April 30 remaining yr. We had, thereafter, approached IIT-Roorkee, which is esteemed for its experience in structure issues, to habits a find out about. It’s but to get a hold of a last file however professionals who had studied the construction had knowledgeable us that there have been critical defects,” Yadav had mentioned.
An beneath structure bridge at the river Ganga collapsed in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district. @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 %.twitter.com/GhkhlsnQsv
— Ramashankar Mishra (@ramashankar68) June 4, 2023
“Remaining yr, a portion of this bridge have been given away in a thunderstorm, when the BJP was once in energy within the state. It was once an incident which was once broadly mentioned and I strongly raised it in my capability because the then Chief of the Opposition. Upon coming to energy, we ordered an inquiry and sought professional opinion,” mentioned Yadav, in an obvious riposte to the BJP, now in opposition, which sought the CM’s resignation over the problem.
A minimum of 30 slabs put on 3 pillars of the four-lane Sultanganj-Aguani Ghat bridge caved in and fell at the river on Sunday. No casualties had been reported within the incident, the district management mentioned. The bridge was once mentioned to have concerned an estimated price of Rs 1,700 crore.
A Haryana-based corporate has were given the contract for the development of the bridge, in opposition to which the BJP is now looking for motion.
The bridge will be the 6th at the Ganga river to glue northern Bihar with its south, lowering trip time to Sultanagnj, Khagaria, Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul.