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A collapsing bridge near schools, with detached beams and missing handrails, poses a significant risk to students and users as schools are set to reopen.
A concrete bridge over the Periyar River has become a significant safety hazard due to a crater-like depression, exposing steel reinforcement bars.
Opposition parties blamed the state government for criminal negligence and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel
Known as the Gambhira Bridge, it is part of the state highway connecting Padra in Vadodara to Anand district.
It was not raining when the bridge collapsed in the presence of at least 100 picnickers.
Villagers in Kadapuzha came together to build a temporary bridge so that their elderly could go to the hospital and their children could go to school
The bridge had been built as a stop-gap measure following the long delay in reconstructing an old dismantled bridge at the same location.
Rescuers used cranes and excavators to remove the concrete blocks, with some local residents also assisting in the efforts.
CM Nitish Kumar directed RCD and RWD officials to immediately conduct a survey of all old bridges.
The bridge, constructed by the state government, was not opened to the public as approach roads to the bridge were yet to be constructed.
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