Three bridges underneath building collapsed in Bihar, two of which have been in-built 2022-2023 and one in 2023-24. Two individuals died on account of these incidents. (Consultant picture: IANS)
All six deaths reported from bridge collapses have been from bridges underneath building
The Ministry of Highway Transport and Highways (MoRTH) knowledgeable the Lok Sabha on Thursday {that a} whole of 15 functioning bridges and 11 bridges underneath building collapsed on India’s nationwide highways previously three monetary years, killing six individuals.
The ministry mentioned it’s primarily chargeable for the event and upkeep of the nation’s nationwide highways, on which a number of bridge collapses have occurred.
“The Division performed a situation survey of current bridges as a part of the preparation of an in depth challenge report for the New Hampshire Improvement Undertaking in components of New Hampshire and the restore/rehabilitation/reconstruction of current bridges as a part of the hall growth challenge,” the Alliance mentioned. Minister Nitin Gadkari mentioned in a written reply.
The ministry has additionally issued tips for bridge inspections and surveys of the situation of current bridges, adopted by applicable repairs, rehabilitation and reconstruction relying on the character and severity of the injury.
“The ministry has issued coverage tips and mannequin tender paperwork for real-time bridge structural well being monitoring in steady/discrete mode. The ministry has additionally launched a complete Indian Bridge Administration System for bridge situation evaluation and subsequent restore/restore/reconstruction decision-making course of .
Of the 15 purposeful bridges that collapsed, two every have been present in Haryana, Odisha and Manipur, whereas Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura have one every. No casualties have been reported from these operational bridge collapses.
All six deaths attributable to bridge collapses have been reported to have been attributable to building of the bridges. Three bridges underneath building collapsed in Bihar, two of which have been in-built 2022-2023 and one in 2023-24. Two individuals died on account of these incidents. Two bridges every collapsed in Odisha and Tamil Nadu, whereas one every collapsed in Delhi, Sikkim, Maharashtra and Kerala.
Two individuals died in Singtam-Tarku bridge collapse incident in Sikkim. The bridge collapsed as a result of extreme rainfall and glacial lake outburst flooding.
One other individual died when a bridge on Nationwide Freeway 785 in Tamil Nadu collapsed as a result of a hydraulic jack failure whereas repairing bearings.
In Delhi, one individual died after a bridge collapsed on Nationwide Freeway 248BB. The bridge collapsed as a result of mechanical failure of the hydraulic jacks.
