Bridge collapse: FIR towards two officers, contractor
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By Express News Service
UMERKOTE: A day after collapse of the under-construction bridge left one lifeless and three others injured close to Talapadar village of Nabarangpur district, an FIR was lodged by the manager engineer of Rural Development division towards SDO, Asit Patra, junior engineer Niranjan Sahu and contractor, Asis Biswal.
The two officers and the contractor are absconding because the incident. Meanwhile, superintending engineer of RD division Pradeep Jena rushed to the spot and picked up materials used for centring of the construction’s slab. Preliminary inquiry revealed that slabs utilized in development have been of inferior high quality. The engineer-in-chief and chief engineer of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana will go to the positioning as a part of the continuing probe into the incident on Tuesday.
The incident occurred when a slab of the bridge being constructed over Nagi river caved in. While Mahendra Malli (47) of Raighar village in Nabarangpur district was killed within the mishap, Prakash Bhoi, Ramesh Bhoi and Santosh Bhoi of Patrapara village in Puri district sustained important injures.
The 68.25 mtr lengthy and eight.45 mtr vast bride is being constructed at a price of Rs 2.41 crore. Construction began in 2018 and was supposed to finish in 2019 however was delayed. Two slabs of the bridge had already been accomplished and the third slab was being laid when the mishap occurred.
