Four pillars of Sono Churhet Kajwe bridge collapse in Bihar

Express News Service

PATNA: One extra bridge caved in in Bihar’s Jamui district on Saturday, triggering debate over the standard of fabric getting used within the development of bridges within the state.

Reports mentioned that 4 pillars of the Sono Churhet Kajwe bridge over the Barnar River had been broken as a result of heavy circulation of water within the river. The officers, nonetheless, attributed the explanation to heavy downpours within the area through the previous 24 hours, which raised the water degree within the swollen river.

Over a dozen villages underneath Sono block within the district have been utterly reduce off from the district headquarters. The motion of autos on the broken river has additionally been stopped by the district administration as a precautionary measure.

“We have informed people about damage to pillars from six to 10 through the public address system. A team of officials is camping at the site to take stock of the damages caused in the river. The traffic on the damaged bridge has been stopped,” Sono block growth officer (BDO) Rajesh Kumar mentioned.

Station home officer (SHO) of Sono police station Chitranjan Kumar mentioned {that a} police workforce led by sub-inspector Bipin Kumar has been deployed on the website to take inventory of the scenario and management the mob gathered after listening to the information concerning the collapse of the bridge.

Bridge caved in #Jamui after two days of rain: 24 villages affected attributable to closure of operations, villagers mentioned – sand was being lifted close to the bridge.#Bihar #BridgeCaved #ClimateActionNow #Rainfall #hurricane #Storm #JamuiBridgeCaved@officecmbihar@TejashwiOffice@Jduonline pic.twitter.com/qa4kttfu6N

— Anchor Manish Kumar (@manishA20058305) September 23, 2023

On the opposite hand, residents alleged that the bridge bought broken attributable to unlawful sand mining within the river.

“Illegal sand mining is going on unabated in the river, especially near the pillars. People of the area have earlier drawn the attention of the officials towards it,” mentioned a resident Mukesh Shashtri.

On June 4, an under-construction bridge, which was supposed to attach Khagaria district with Bhagalpur, collapsed. Later one other bridge in Kishanganj district caved in on June 24.

Opposition BJP took a jibe on the collapse of the bridge in Jamui district.

BJP chief Nikhil Anand mentioned, “The state government should look into a series of bridges getting damaged in the state in the past year. Use of sub-standard quality of material is perhaps the main reason behind it.” 

PATNA: One extra bridge caved in in Bihar’s Jamui district on Saturday, triggering debate over the standard of fabric getting used within the development of bridges within the state.

Reports mentioned that 4 pillars of the Sono Churhet Kajwe bridge over the Barnar River had been broken as a result of heavy circulation of water within the river. The officers, nonetheless, attributed the explanation to heavy downpours within the area through the previous 24 hours, which raised the water degree within the swollen river.

Over a dozen villages underneath Sono block within the district have been utterly reduce off from the district headquarters. The motion of autos on the broken river has additionally been stopped by the district administration as a precautionary measure.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“We have informed people about damage to pillars from six to 10 through the public address system. A team of officials is camping at the site to take stock of the damages caused in the river. The traffic on the damaged bridge has been stopped,” Sono block growth officer (BDO) Rajesh Kumar mentioned.

Station home officer (SHO) of Sono police station Chitranjan Kumar mentioned {that a} police workforce led by sub-inspector Bipin Kumar has been deployed on the website to take inventory of the scenario and management the mob gathered after listening to the information concerning the collapse of the bridge.

Bridge caved in #Jamui after two days of rain: 24 villages affected attributable to closure of operations, villagers mentioned – sand was being lifted close to the bridge.#Bihar #BridgeCaved #ClimateActionNow #Rainfall #hurricane #Storm #JamuiBridgeCaved@officecmbihar@TejashwiOffice@Jduonline pic.twitter.com/qa4kttfu6N
— Anchor Manish Kumar (@manishA20058305) September 23, 2023
On the opposite hand, residents alleged that the bridge bought broken attributable to unlawful sand mining within the river.

“Illegal sand mining is going on unabated in the river, especially near the pillars. People of the area have earlier drawn the attention of the officials towards it,” mentioned a resident Mukesh Shashtri.

On June 4, an under-construction bridge, which was supposed to attach Khagaria district with Bhagalpur, collapsed. Later one other bridge in Kishanganj district caved in on June 24.

Opposition BJP took a jibe on the collapse of the bridge in Jamui district.

BJP chief Nikhil Anand mentioned, “The state government should look into a series of bridges getting damaged in the state in the past year. Use of sub-standard quality of material is perhaps the main reason behind it.”