Two bridges over the Gandaki River in Bihar’s Siwan district collapsed amid heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning. That is the seventh such incident within the state within the final fifteen days, in keeping with an India Right this moment report. The small bridges linked Mahrajganj with quite a few close by villages positioned within the Deoria block of the district. There are presently no reported casualties.Siwan has seen two situations of bridge collapse previously 11 days. Deputy Improvement Commissioner Mukesh Kumar said that the exact trigger is being investigated. Senior officers from the block have already arrived on the website, he mentioned.
“The incident occurred round 5 a.m. In keeping with preliminary info, the bridge was inbuilt 1982-83. Kumar added that the bridge had been present process repairs for the previous few days. Locals recommended that heavy rainfall within the previous days could have contributed to the collapse, with a surge within the Gandaki river doubtlessly weakening the bridge’s construction.
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This incident comes simply 11 days after one other bridge collapsed in Siwan, elevating issues about Bihar’s infrastructure. On June 22, a piece of a bridge collapsed within the Darounda space. Related incidents had been just lately reported in districts comparable to Madhubani, Araria, East Champaran, and Kishanganj, prompting the Bihar authorities to type a high-level committee to analyze the incidents.
