In another incident of bridge collapse, a portion of temporary bridge built on river Ganges in Bihar's Vaishali washed away due to strong winds on Wednesday, news agency ANI reported.
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The bridge connected Raghopur to the Vaishali district headquarters. This is the third such incident in the state within a month.
Visuals from the scene show broken portion of the bridge collapsed in the river.
{{/usCountry}}Visuals from the scene show broken portion of the bridge collapsed in the river.
{{/usCountry}}The incident comes days after a span of a 100-meter under-construction bridge over Mechi river on a-94-long stretch on NH-327 E between Galgaliya in Kishanganj and Araria had collapsed at Gorichak in Kishanganj.
Moreover, a four-lane road bridge, which was being under construction, collapsed earlier this month. The under-construction bridge, built at a cost of over ₹1,700 crore, over the Ganges connected Bhagalpur district to Aguwani Ghat in Khagaria.
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A portion of this bridge had collapsed on April 30 last year as well.
“This is not the first time that the bridge collapsed. In the past too, I had asked for an investigation into why the incident happened. I have also asked for strict action to be taken against those responsible," chief minister Nitish Kumar had said when the bridge collapsed earlier this month.