This story is from September 24, 2018

Under-construction bridge collapses in West Bengal

West Bengal: Under construction bridge collapses
Under-construction bridge collapses in West Bengal
KOLKATA: An under-construction bridge collapsed in Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district on Monday, a senior official said, adding however there has been no report of any casualty.
This is the third incident of bridge collapse in the state in September.
Majerhat Bridge in south Kolkata had collapsed on September 4, killing three persons and injuring 24.
On September 7, an old bridge had collapsed near Siliguri in north Bengal leaving a truck driver injured.

Locals had allegedly pointed out many faults in the under-construction Kakdwip bridge but the pleas fell on deaf ears.
Local said that there were fissures in the bridge which was coming up on Kalnagini river following which it collapsed.
The state government has ordered a probe to find out the cause of collapse -- whether it was the faulty design or poor quality of materials used.
Earlier on March 31, 2016, 28 people were killed when Vivekananda flyover had collapsed at Posta in Burrbazar area of Kolkata.

Last week the urban development minister Firhad Hakim spotted the design of Chingrighata flyover to be faulty following which plying of buses and heavy vehicles have been stopped on it. Even a crack was spotted in the Karunamayee bridge in south Kolkata due to which traffic movement had been restricted on it too.
Movement of heavy vehicles is now restricted in Kolkata and even at the entry point to the city -- Santragachi bridge - which allows vehicles to reach Kolkata through NH2 and NH6 as the bridge is also in a bad shape for which the repair is likely to start within a fortnight.
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