Bihar Bridge Collapse: ‘Not sure if public will ever be able to use it,’ says eyewitness
Eyewitness of Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge collapse in Bihar accuses state government of corruption, demanded a probe. The under-construction bridge has collapsed for the second time. No casualties have been reported.
PremiumRakesh Kumar, an eyewitness of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge collapse in Bihar's Bhagalpur district said that this is not the very first time, a similar incident happened earlier also but the state government is still not taking any action on bridge collapse incidents.
He accused the Bihar government of corruption and demanded a probe into the under-construction bridge collapse incident into the Ganga River of Bhagalpur.
“Initially we thought it was a blast...later we understood that the bridge had collapsed...this shows the corruption in the govt...this is not the first time...this state govt is corrupted, there should be a probe…," the eyewitness told ANI.
Pramod Kumar, another eyewitness also said, “Not sure what kind of material is being provided for the bridge construction...not sure if public will ever be able to use this bridge."
An under-construction bridge in Bhagalpur of Bihar collapsed into Ganga river it was being built on. The Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur has reportedly collapsed for the second time. A similar incident of bridge collapse happened last year as well.
DDC Bhagalpur Kumar Anurag has informed that the Bihar bridge collapsed at around 6 pm on Sunday, June 4. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far from the under-construction bridge collapse incident in Bihar's Bhagalpur.
A portion of a bridge that was built across the Burhi Gandak River in Sahebpur Kamal of Bihar's Begusarai district collapsed and fell into the river, but no casualty was reported.
As per the information, the 206-meter-long bridge had developed cracks. The front part of the bridge between pillars no 2 and 3 collapsed.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ordered a probe into the incident of the collapse of an under-construction bridge in Bhagalpur and asked to identify those responsible for the incident.
Sultanganj JDU MLA Lalit Narayan Mandal has demanded a probe into the incident. “We were expecting that the inauguration of the bridge would happen by November-December later this year. But the way it collapsed is unfortunate. A probe must happen into the incident, there's some fault," he said.
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