“The bridge has collapsed due to negligence by the construction company’s owner. We demand that the administration should conduct an investigation,” said Sikti MLA Vijay Kumar on the bridge collapse.
The same bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall in 2020 and 12 people, including four motorcyclists, had fallen into Bakra river. It had collapsed near Udahat under the Jokihat police station area in the district, reported ToI.
Few months back, tragedy struck in Bihar’s Supaul district early Friday morning as a section of an under-construction bridge collapsed, claiming the life of one labourer, with several others feared trapped beneath the debris. The bridge, spanning 10.2 kilometers over the Koshi river and intended to connect Bheja in Madhubani with Bakaur in Supaul district, was under the jurisdiction of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
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