Nitin Gadkari Amazed At Ias Officer’s Response To Reason For Bridge Collapse | Watch Video

A piece of an under-construction street bridge over the Ganga at Sultanganj in Bihar collapsed throughout a thunderstorm on April 29. There have been no reviews of any casualty within the incident.

“A bridge fell in Bihar on April 29. I requested my secretary concerning the causes. He (secretary) stated it was on account of sturdy winds (hawa aur dhundh),” Gadkari stated at an occasion right here.

The street transport and highways minister stated he questioned how can an IAS officer imagine such a proof.

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“Mere to baat samajh me nahi aa rahi hai ki hawa dhundh se kaise bridge girega? Kuch naa kuch galati hogi (I can’t perceive how can a bridge collapse on account of sturdy winds. There should be some error (which led to break down of the bridge),” Gadkari, who is thought for his frank views, added.

The minister additionally emphasised on the necessity to scale back the price of building of bridges, with out compromising on high quality.

Sultanganj MLA Lalit Narayan Mandal had earlier stated Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered an investigation into the bridge collapse.

“The opportunity of utilizing sub-standard supplies within the building of the bridge can’t be dominated out … It’s a matter of investigation that the beneath building bridge being constructed at a value of ₹1,710 crore couldn’t stand up to sturdy gusty winds,” he had stated.

The development of the bridge between Sultanganj and Aguani Ghat in Bihar had began in 2014. It was on account of be accomplished in 2019 however work on it’s nonetheless on.

The three,116-metre-long bridge on completion was slated to have the nation’s longest extradosed spans and a high-level observatory which might provide the customers a novel view of the river.

An extradosed bridge is a hybrid construction between the traditional cable-stayed and cantilever-girder sorts.