INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PATNA: A day after the collapse of a portion of the under-construction Aguani Ghat-Sultanganj bridge on river Ganga, the state road
construction department (RCD) is likely to blacklist the firm, SP Singla Construction Ltd, which was constructing it
The bridge was supposed to connect Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts
The RCD on Monday served a show-cause notice on the firm and suspended the executive engineer of its Khagaria division besides issuing
show-cause notice to the managing director of Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited
The Khagaria side of the bridge collapsed on Sunday approximately 14 months after its Sultanganj side pillar number 5 had fallen on April
IIT-Roorkee, which had been entrusted with the task after the fall of Sultanganj side of the bridge last year
Additional chief secretary (RCD) Pratyaya Amrit said a show-cause notice has been served to the construction company before blacklisting it
The department has also ordered demolition of the one span left
floated for the bridge with a new design and they have serious doubts over the structural design of the present one
He said after a crack in pier 5 of the bridge in April last year, which had led to the fall of 19 segments on both sides, they had roped in
IIT-Roorkee to find out the reason and to know whether the design was safe or not
The department had also dismantled 54 segments then
While addressing the media with deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday, Pratyaya had also said a new DPR will be made and fresh work will
Tejashwi, who is also the RCD minister, said the loss incurred will be borne by the construction company.
