After a 200-metre stretch of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga in Bihar collapsed Sunday, authorities on Monday stated that one individual working as a guard on the website has been reported lacking.
“He was a guard with the SP Singla Firm. We have now been looking for him since yesterday night time. SDRF and NDRF groups are additionally engaged within the search operation. We have now not been in a position to hint the physique. We’re making efforts to to recuperate the physique on the earliest,” Parbatta Circle Officer Chandan Kumar was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
#WATCH | The bridge that collapsed yesterday had collapsed final 12 months additionally. I’ve instructed officers to take strict motion. It isn’t being constructed accurately that’s why it’s collapsing once more & once more. The division will look into it & motion will probably be taken: Bihar CM Nitish… pic.twitter.com/Y8m5Zo5Kka
— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2023
In the meantime, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stated that the bridge that collapsed on Sunday finished so final 12 months as effectively. “I’ve instructed officers to take strict motion. It isn’t being constructed accurately that’s why it’s collapsing many times. The division will look into it & motion will probably be taken,” he advised reporters.
Circle Officer Kumar added that the lacking individual’s bike remains to be parked close to the pillar the place it was yesterday.
The Bihar authorities on Sunday clarified that the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur had been demolished deliberately, and that no casualties had occurred on account of its razing. “It was determined that we should not take any likelihood and anticipate a remaining report. So we went forward with knocking down elements of the bridge. It was part of such a preventive train,” Further Chief Secretary of Street Building Division, Pratyay Amrit, had stated in a press convention with Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
The three.1-kilometre-long bridge, constructed by SP Singla Constructions Personal Restricted at a price of Rs 1,710 crore, had additionally collapsed on April 30 final 12 months, elevating issues over its development.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
