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Bihar Bridge Collapses: Another bridge collapses, 10th such incident in over 15 days

Another instance of bridge collapse came to the fore in Bihar on Thursday, July 4, 2024, making it the 10th such incident to have been reported from the state in just over a fortnight, an official said. Bihar bridge collapse: PIL in Supreme Court seeks structural audit of all Bihar bridges The latest incident was reported from Saran which witnessed two more bridge collapses in the last 24 hours, District Magistrate Aman Samir said. The exact cause of the bridge collapse is yet to be ascertained but desilting work was recently undertaken," the District Magistrate said. On July 3, the Saran district witnessed the collapse of two small bridges - one in Janta Bazar area and another in Lahladpur area. The latest incident took place a day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar directed the road construction and rural works departments to conduct a survey of all old bridges in the state and identify those that require immediate repair.

The Hindu

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