Part of Rs 264 Crore Bihar Bridge Collapses Into River 29 Days After Inauguration by Nitish Kumar

[Singh bling]

https://www.news18.com//india/part-of-rs-264-crore-bihar-bridge-collapses-into-river-29-days-after-inauguration-by-nitish-kumar-2718281.html

 

 

[Trichromatic]

Part of Rs 264 Crore Bihar Bridge Collapses Into River 29 Days After Inauguration by Nitish Kumar

 

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The 1.4km Sattarghat Mahasetu bridge on Gandak River was thrown open to commuters on June 16, eight years after work on it started in April 2012

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[rkt.india]

Half of 264 cr must have gone as bribes.

[G_B_]

who is the contractor?

 

poor all round.

[sandeep]

jio re bihaar ke laala...

[Clarke]

some neta was saying its approach blah blah

 

should it collapse anyways ? who's getting fired/prosecuted ? 

[coffee_rules]

https://www.opindia.com/2020/07/bihar-fact-check-gandak-river-sattar-ghat-bridge-nitish-kumar-washed-away-media-lies-263-crores/

 

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Speaking on the incident, which was drawn severe criticism from the RJD-led opposition, Bihar’s road construction Minister, Nand Kishore Yadav also said: “The main bridge is safe. Only the approach bridge is damaged due to the heavy flow of water. It’s 2 km away from the Sattar Ghat bridge. As we know these days there is heavy water flow in Gopalganj, hence this has happened.”

 

It seemed like the OP seemed to indicate that the whole bridge collapsed. looks bad in any case:

 

 

 

[Vilander]

to me it looks like they never created a strong support structure there, its just red soil under a layer of bitumen.