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Cuttack Railway Station: Wall and Shed Collapse During Redevelopment
A wall and platform shed being demolished as part of station redevelopment collapsed onto the tracks at Cuttack railway station on August 27, 2025, disrupting services on platforms 1 and 2 and injuring one person. An eyewitness noted the collapse happened mere minutes after a Vande Bharat train had passed through the same stretch.
Thiruvanmiyur–Uthandi ECR Elevated Corridor Suspension
A planned four-lane elevated corridor along ECR between Thiruvanmiyur and Uthandi, awarded via a Hybrid Annuity Mode concession to KNR Mahabalipuram Infra Private Limited in February 2026, was put on hold pending review by a technical committee after being conspicuously omitted from Tamil Nadu's 2026-27 Highways policy note. A rival bidder had also filed a procurement challenge in the Madras High Court.
Maa Flyover: Decade-Long Delay, Cost Overrun and Chaotic Partial Opening
Now West Bengal's longest flyover, it originally targeted an August 2012 deadline but was extended multiple times. It opened in October 2015 without its connecting ramps to the AJC Bose Road flyover finished, causing severe traffic chaos that forced police to temporarily shut it down; the eastbound and westbound connecting flanks were not completed until August 2016 and February 2019 respectively.
Kanteerava Studio Underpass
The BDA resumed construction of the roughly ₹40-crore Kanteerava Studio underpass connecting Peenya and Nandini Layout in December 2025, a full decade after the project first stalled, leaving commuters to navigate a half-built underpass for ten years.
Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station: Escalator Malfunction
An escalator connecting platform 5 to the upper concourse at Thiruvananthapuram Central abruptly stopped mid-ascent on May 6, 2026, then reversed direction with a loud noise, throwing passengers off balance; two women arriving on the Vanchinad Express sustained serious injuries to their arms and legs. Passengers said the escalator had shown signs of malfunction on previous days before the incident, and it was shut down afterward.
Avinashi Road Flyover Structural Neglect
India's first roundabout-style grade separator and Tamil Nadu's second flyover has gone without adequate maintenance for decades; it has no pedestrian corridor, and tree roots/branches have weakened the structure. Plans to widen it have stalled amid official uncertainty.
Lucknow Charbagh Railway Station: Platform Shed Collapse
A tin platform shed collapsed on platform 5 of Lucknow's Charbagh railway station on May 29, 2026, during a storm, trapping passengers boarding the Howrah-Doon Express and injuring two passengers plus a Train Ticket Examiner who suffered a leg fracture. The station is undergoing extensive modernisation by the Rail Land Development Authority, and the collapsed shed had reportedly already been marked for removal as part of that redevelopment work.
Amritsar's Stalled Bypass-Road Flyovers
Multiple flyovers on Amritsar's bypass road have remained incomplete years past deadline, turning the bypass into a routine accident zone due to poor visibility and narrow construction-zone passages; MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla called them "symbols of administrative neglect" in the Lok Sabha.
Walled City Drainage Collapse Forces Emergency Evacuation of 2,300-Year-Old Mummy
Just 2-3 hours of heavy rain in August 2020 inundated Jaipur's Walled City, triggering landslides and forcing emergency rescue of a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy from the flooded basement of the Albert Hall Museum. The city's historic 18th-century drainage system had been dismantled over decades by encroachment, metro construction damage, and basement construction blocking water flow, while a 2016 JDA master drainage plan remained unfunded and unimplemented.
Ballabhgarh–Sohna Railway Overbridge Widening
A four-laning project for this ROB, announced in 2016, has been stalled for eight years without construction beginning, due to unresolved land-acquisition disputes over ~360 yards of land held by multiple claimants and disagreements over compensation.
Sensory Park for Divyang Children: Rusting and Crumbling
Built by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation as a dedicated sensory play space for children with disabilities, the park's swings and specialised equipment have rusted and deteriorated from prolonged sun, rain and dust exposure, trees have been uprooted, vegetation has overgrown, and the gate is now frequently found locked, limiting access for the very children it was meant to serve.
Mandi-Pandoh Highway Bridge: Cantilever Collapse
A pedestrian cantilever section of an under-construction bridge on the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane highway gave way late on May 22, 2025 while concrete was being poured, though the project director said the main structure and foundation remained intact. It was one of several partial collapses reported on this same stretch of highway.
Rourkela Airport: Connectivity Blackout
Air services to Rourkela (home to NIT Rourkela, a Smart City, and the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium) were launched for the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup but subsequently suspended, leaving the "Smart City" without air connectivity for months. Local leaders and institutions publicly protested the negligence, and as of the Ministry's December 2025 Rajya Sabha disclosure, Rourkela remained on the list of UDAN airports with zero scheduled flights.
Sivananda Circle Flyover
One of the replacement flyovers built after the original Basaveshwara-Hebbal "steel flyover" project was scrapped, this Sivananda Circle flyover was barricaded by BBMP within about a week of its launch after commuters complained of an uneven, undulating road surface. BBMP admitted the surface had problems and ordered a third-party firm to inspect and report on construction quality.
Shaheed S. Beant Singh Park: Renovated, Then Reduced to Ruins
A 5-acre park named after a former Chief Minister was renovated in 2019 with a fountain, lighting, benches and a walking track, but has since fallen into disrepair with broken swings, overgrown pathways, open sewage, garbage accumulation, stray animals and reported gambling on the premises, driving away residents who once used it for daily walks.
Pallav Junction Flyover: Years Behind Schedule
Approved in April 2021 with a March 2024 completion target, this ring-road flyover was still roughly 5% short of completion a year past deadline as of early 2025, with AMC having already issued the contractor two formal delay notices back in April 2023.
Chandwara Bridge Dilapidated Before Inauguration
A newly built bridge at Chandwara was found with broken railings and visible structural damage even before it could be formally opened to traffic, raising questions about construction quality.
Bairamalguda flyover slab collapse
A slab of an under-construction flyover collapsed, injuring eight workers and passers-by.
Vijayawada Junction Railway Station Redevelopment: Tender Failure
Indian Railways' plan to redevelop Vijayawada Junction (meant to handle roughly 20,000 passengers at peak hour with new terminals, expanded foot overbridges, multi-level parking and renovated platforms) drew a "muted response from private developers" under its design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) public-private-partnership model, forcing the Rail Land Development Authority to prepare and reissue fresh bids. The weak bidder interest reflects the difficulty of attracting private capital to the government's PPP station redevelopment model even for a major junction station.
Nehru Park underground parking & food court
An underground parking facility and "Food Villa" food court, once pitched as a modern parking solution and community hangout, now sit abandoned, with the food court itself demolished.
Khalini–Talland Flyover
A 220-metre flyover meant to ease chronic Khalini-Talland congestion has failed to move past tendering for years; CPWD has floated tenders four times, each cancelled or restarted after technical design revisions.
Jaisalmer Airport: Six Months Idle, Every Year
A modern ₹80-crore terminal was built at this desert-tourism airport, but for years it sat almost entirely idle: SpiceJet withdrew flights for lack of demand and GoAir/IndiGo declined to start any, leaving conveyor belts gathering dust with zero scheduled commercial traffic through much of the 2010s. Even after traffic finally picked up (2.4 lakh passengers in the 2025-26 winter season), the airport still closes every year for roughly six months, most recently from March 29, 2026, stranding tourism operators each time.
Panaji Multi-Level Car Parking Complex
This 465-space, three-floor-plus-terrace parking complex covering 14,611 sq m has run well below capacity since opening, filling to barely two-and-a-half floors even at peak times, despite parking being free; a planned hop-on hop-off shuttle service to draw users to the facility never materialised.
New Delhi Railway Station Redevelopment: Cost Collapse and Repeated Failed Tenders
India's flagship New Delhi station redevelopment has gone through repeated tender failures since 2021 because bidders quoted far higher prices than the government's allotted budget, forcing the Rail Land Development Authority to shrink the scope of work and break the project into smaller tenders multiple times. As of late 2024 the project cost had been slashed by roughly 84% from its original estimate with no fixed completion date, even though the station handles about 400 trains and 450,000 passengers daily.
Ellis Bridge Rehabilitation Cost Overrun
Rehabilitation of Ahmedabad's historic Ellis Bridge began in September 2024 with a 12-month completion target, but had reached only 26% progress by the time authorities approved an extra ₹16 crore, pushing the budget from ₹26.88 crore to ₹42.90 crore. The same contractor's scope was later widened to also repair three other city bridges after a post-Gambhira-collapse safety review, reportedly because no separate tenders existed for that repair category.
Mumbai Coastal Road (Phase 1)
Mumbai's flagship coastal road, meant to be completed in 4 years from contract award, took over 6 years and multiple phased openings before full completion, with costs escalating by over ₹1,243 crore due to BMC-attributed delays including a mid-project change in pillar design. BMC penalised the contractor ₹14 crore for the delays even as it publicized claimed benefits like a "70% reduction in travel time."
Karnal Twin Flyover: Shelved Before Construction Began
A twin-flyover project using single-pillar technology, with its foundation stone laid in March 2024 and a 24-month plan, was suspended indefinitely after traders and residents protested during the Lok Sabha election period over fears of business impact, even though soil testing and structural designs were already complete.
Tambaram (Irumbuliyur) Flyover Cave-in and Cracks
In April 2025, a section of the road surface on the 2012-built Irumbuliyur/Tambaram flyover on GST Road caved in, and a crack was simultaneously found on the flyover's railing wall near its starting point. Just 13 years after construction, the structural deterioration alarmed residents and commuters, prompting police to barricade the area and divert traffic while emergency concrete repairs were carried out.
Nayta Mundla ISBT: India's Emptiest Airport-Style Bus Terminal
Built with airport-like infrastructure (AC waiting areas, food court, LED displays) to serve as Indore's central ISBT ahead of Simhastha 2028. In September 2025 authorities forcibly shut the older Navlakha and Teen Imli bus stands and redirected all routes here, but as of March 2026 the terminal remains largely deserted because it is too far from the city, raises operator fuel costs, and breaks previously viable routes. Buses and passengers continue to use informal roadside pickup points in the city instead.
Unnao-Kanpur British-Era Ganga Bridge Collapse
A roughly 150-year-old bridge built in 1874 by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway company, closed to traffic since 2021 after cracks were found in its pillars, saw a portion between two pillars collapse into the Ganga in the early hours of November 26, 2024. No casualties occurred because the bridge had already been closed, and authorities began demolishing the remaining unsafe sections.
Durgapur (Kazi Nazrul Islam) Airport: Underuse
Opened May 18, 2015 by private developer Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd at a cost of roughly ₹1,000 crore, the airport saw two of its three launch carriers, Pinnacle Air and Spirit Airways, collapse within months from lack of demand, since nearby trains and buses proved cheaper and equally fast. Even Air India's surviving Kolkata route ran at only 30-35% occupancy (about 15 passengers/day), forcing fare cuts from ₹2,500 to ₹999 to attract any traffic.
Panki Gas Depot Flyover: Cracked Beams on NH-2
Part of a roughly 27 km flyover corridor built from 2005 by Somdatt Builders on NH-2, this section near the Panki Gas Depot intersection developed significant cracks in two beams along with fractured bearings, discovered and photographed by residents in April 2021. Traffic from Naubasta toward Bhauti was banned on the flyover and diverted to service lanes, causing heavy congestion while NHAI launched a structural probe.
Noida International Airport (Jewar): Repeated Delays
Originally targeted to open by September 2024 as "Asia's largest" greenfield airport, the project has missed at least three publicly announced launch deadlines, sliding into 2026 with officials still coordinating pending Bureau of Civil Aviation Security clearance and final DGCA certification as of January 2026. Multiple terminal buildings and supporting infrastructure remained at different stages of completion even as new dates were repeatedly floated and missed.
New Market (S.S. Hogg Market) Renovation Stalled
Two years after the West Bengal government allocated ₹26 crore to renovate the 1874-built, Victorian-Gothic New Market (appointing Jadavpur University as consultant for central air-conditioning, seismic retrofitting, and repairs to its drainage, roof and toilets), no actual construction work had started on the deteriorating structure, which has cracked pillars and walls, flooding during rain, and roof leaks, despite housing 3,000 shops that generate ₹25 crore in annual revenue for KMC.
Pune Metro Pimpri–Dapodi corridor cost and time overrun
Mahametro claimed the Pimpri-Dapodi route was "100% complete," but junction work at Dapodi, Morwadi, Sant Tukaramnagar and Kasarwadi stations remained unfinished, with the metro operating only up to Phugewadi; the Nigdi extension was further delayed pending Union Defence Ministry clearance over its alignment near the Dehu Road Ammunition Factory.
Saharsa bridge collapse
A three-span bridge collapsed when an overloaded tractor carrying maize crossed it, part of a wider pattern the state has seen (Bihar's collapsing bridges reportedly cost the state at least ₹3,953 crore collectively over 4 years).
Kottayam Skywalk (Sky Path): 14 Pillars and Nothing More
A foundation stone was laid in 2016 for a pedestrian sky path over Kottayam's busy Seematti roundabout, and only 14 iron pillars were erected before funding from a change of government stopped work. In 2024 the Transport Minister confirmed an IIT Palakkad study had found the structure "not scientifically sound" with inadequate foundations, and that the private land it needed could never be legally acquired.
Bandra Skywalk (East & West)
Mumbai's first skywalk linked Bandra station to Kalanagar and was briefly used by over 100,000 pedestrians daily, but the Bandra East and West skywalks were later dismantled; 17 of 18 further planned MSRDC skywalks were cancelled.
Naya Raipur Skywalk
A skywalk built as a "modern urban amenity" in India's purpose-built new capital stands completed but essentially unused, towering over empty streets; local reporting describes it as a hangout for miscreants and a safety hazard for women, emblematic of the planned city's broader underuse.
Thorayikkadavu Bridge Collapse
A beam of an under-construction bridge at Thorayikkadavu in Koyilandy taluk collapsed on August 15, 2025, injuring two workers; local media framed it as public money wasted on shoddy construction.
Kollam NH-66 Embankment/Service-Road Collapse
On December 5, 2025, a sidewall embankment on an under-construction elevated NH-66 stretch collapsed during soil-filling work, opening craters that trapped vehicles including a school bus (all evacuated safely), the second such embankment failure on this corridor within six months.
Kushinagar International Airport: Ghost Terminal
Inaugurated by PM Modi in October 2021 with an international flight from Sri Lanka and pitched as a Buddhist-circuit gateway, the airport peaked at 54 scheduled flights in March 2022 before traffic collapsed. Its last scheduled commercial flight was on November 4, 2023, and per AAI data no scheduled flights were recorded through 2024 and 2025, even as annual upkeep costs rose from ₹1.35 crore to ₹3.42 crore. Its only recent activity was around 50 non-scheduled charter flights in November 2025 for funeral/religious purposes.
Old Faridabad Multi-Level Parking: Locked Since Its Own Inauguration
Inaugurated with fanfare by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after nearly two years of construction delay past its original deadline, the 100-vehicle facility built by Faridabad Smart City Limited remained shut to the public months later, still awaiting a power connection and a finalised parking tariff before handover to the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran.
Thiruvananthapuram Monorail Project Scrapped
The state sanctioned a monorail in 2012, signed with DMRC in 2013, and ran two failed tender rounds before scrapping the plan in August 2014 for a "light metro" instead. As of the 2025-26 state budget, construction of any replacement had still not begun.
Saragarhi Multi-Storey Parking Complex: Neglected 300m From the Golden Temple
Built barely 300 metres from the Golden Temple to serve pilgrims and tourists, the five-storey Saragarhi parking complex has non-functional lifts, no potable water, no CCTV, no fire-safety systems and poor sanitation despite charging ₹100 per car. Activists say the city's only central multi-storey parking facility collects daily revenue while failing to provide basic amenities.
NH-365BG Underpass Bridge Slab Collapse
A freshly poured concrete slab of an under-construction underpass bridge caved in during evening hours after supporting scaffolding failed, injuring three workers.
Janampet Bridge: 12-Year Delayed Construction
A bridge meant to connect two villages across the Kanugula stream has stayed unfinished for over 12 years after quality-control problems, substandard work confirmed by 2018, design flaws, alleged fund misuse and contractor disputes repeatedly stalled the project. Officials admitted "there were no records of bills, measurement books, or other documents," and a stopgap ₹10-lakh temporary bridge's approach road has since suffered monsoon damage; villagers with 200 acres across the stream face a 12km detour instead of a direct 2km crossing.
Kantatoli Flyover
The flyover's foundation was laid in November 2017 but stalled for years over design changes, alleged design flaws, and land acquisition; it was finally dedicated by CM Hemant Soren on October 4, 2024, nearly eight years after starting, and only after a design overhaul to a precast segmental box girder system.
Chimanbhai Patel Bridge: Cracks and Bulging Slabs
After heavy weekend rain in 2025, footpaths on this Sabarmati bridge split completely on the Sabarmati-side incline and fractured badly near the curve by the under-construction Bullet Train station, with concrete slabs visibly pushed outward at both spots. AMC had already flagged the need for repairs and expansion-joint replacement in a pre-monsoon inspection but postponed the fix, citing heavy daily traffic and ongoing secondary-wing construction.
14 Stalled / Incomplete Bridges Across Nine Districts
A state disclosure revealed 14 bridges across 13 assembly constituencies in nine AP districts sat unfinished for years (11 structurally complete but unusable because their approach roads were never built): taxpayer-funded "bridges to nowhere."
Chandigarh Railway Station Redevelopment: Three Years, Five Deadlines
The redevelopment of Chandigarh railway station began in January 2023 but has missed at least five successive completion deadlines, with the target pushed from an initial timeline to May 2025 and beyond, drawing repeated public complaints in local media. Union minister Ravneet Bittu defended the slippage rather than committing to a firm new date, while opposition MPs said no credible timeline had ever been given.
Indora–Dighori Elevated Corridor (flyover through residential balcony)
A ~9km, ₹998-crore NHAI elevated corridor was built so close to a 150-year-old house that its beam passes roughly 14-15 feet through the family's balcony, triggering outrage over urban-planning failures. NHAI issued the family a 15-day eviction notice, calling the balcony an "unauthorised encroachment," despite an encroachment flag on the project having gone unaddressed for about a year.
Sion Road Over Bridge
This 112-year-old road-over-bridge near Sion station was closed to vehicular traffic from August 1, 2024 for demolition and reconstruction, after an IIT-Bombay structural audit recommended dismantling the century-old structure and rebuilding it with modern steel girders and RCC slabs. The bridge also obstructed Central Railway's proposed 5th and 6th line alignment between CSMT and Kurla, adding a second reason for its removal.
Swachh Bharat Mission toilets (unbuilt)
A CAG audit found Delhi's municipal corporations failed to construct a single toilet under the Swachh Bharat Mission despite ₹40+ crore sitting unused in bank accounts for over 30 months, while roughly 350,000 households lacked toilets.
Aguwani Ghat–Sultanganj bridge (Ganga bridge)
A 1.8km under-construction cable-stayed bridge over the Ganga collapsed dramatically in April 2022, then again in June 2023: a near-unprecedented double collapse during construction, without casualties either time.
Naroda Patiya–Galaxy Junction Flyover
Billed as Ahmedabad's longest proposed flyover at 2.5km, this project was approved in August 2021 but construction did not actually start until July 2023, nearly two years later. As of a March 2025 report it was only about 40% complete and already deemed "unlikely to meet its 36-month deadline."
Dumna Airport Terminal Canopy Collapse
Part of the canopy at Jabalpur's newly built Dumna Airport terminal collapsed on June 27, 2024, during heavy rain, the first of three near-identical canopy collapses at recently built Indian airport terminals within three consecutive days (Jabalpur, then Delhi T1, then Rajkot).
Akola Airport: Runway Too Short for Scheduled Flights
Originally built by the Public Works Department in 1943, the airstrip was modernized in 2008 with a new terminal, yet it currently has no scheduled public airline services at all. Past attempts by Vayudoot and Span Aviation to run services here ended, and the runway remains too short (needing extension to 1,800m) to attract carriers even under UDAN.
Under-construction bridge girder collapse
A girder of an under-construction bridge collapsed amid heavy rain in Giridih district, adding to a wider pattern of construction-quality failures in eastern India.
Tonk Road Sinkhole and Citywide Trench Hazards From Gas Pipeline Work
A portion of Tonk Road collapsed into a roughly 20-foot-deep sinkhole in July 2026, one of several similar failures across the city caused by inadequately filled trenches dug for the Torrent Gas pipeline project. Rainfall repeatedly washed away the loose fill material used to close these trenches, exposing dangerous gaps and forcing repeated emergency repairs across multiple neighborhoods.
Aligarh's "Smart Road" Falls Apart Within Three Years
Aligarh's flagship Smart City "smart road" began falling apart within three years: streetlights broken or dark at night, and CCTV wiring/camera units near the Police Control Room and Lal Diggi crossing damaged.
Gaunchi Drain: "Waste to Wealth" Project Still Leaking Sewage
A 10km stormwater drain launched in 2021 under the central "Waste to Wealth" mission was found four years later to still be leaking an estimated 1,002 million litres of contaminated water daily into the river, with the channel remaining choked.
Hyderabad Cycle Track Project (MMI Cycle Lanes)
A citywide network of dedicated cycle tracks built across major Hyderabad corridors has failed to gain adoption, with 15 cyclist accidents reported on the service-road cycle track in 2024 alone. Hyderabad's Bicycle Mayor said many tracks are blocked by vendors and parked vehicles, and sections suffer poor visibility, deterring especially parents from letting children use them.
Vrishabhavathi Overflow
Heavy rain on May 29, 2026 caused the Vrishabhavathi river to overflow and stormwater drains to fail across more than a dozen central and south Bengaluru locations (including Silk Board, KR Market, the KR Circle underpass and Ambedkar Veedhi near Vidhana Soudha), leaving knee-deep water, snarled traffic and the city grinding to a halt yet again.
Papagni Bridge Collapse
A bridge connecting Kadapa and Anantapur districts over the Papagni river collapsed in the early hours during severe November 2021 floods, cutting off a key inter-district road link.
Ahmedabad Metro Pillar Road Cave-In
A road built only about a month earlier near Metro Rail Pillar No. 129 in Ahmedabad caved in after heavy monsoon rain, reportedly the 30th such cave-in in the city that season, forcing partial lane closure while a BRT lane was opened to ease peak-hour congestion.
Smart City Road Repeatedly Caves In Near Bareilly College
A road built under Bareilly's Smart City project caved in near Bareilly College, creating a large pothole, the second collapse recorded at this exact location, exposing weak sewer infrastructure beneath the surface work.
Ashoka Rajpath Double-Decker Flyover Cracks
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated this three-level flyover on June 11, 2025, calling it "not just a bridge, but a vision." By August 2025 visible cracks had appeared following heavy monsoon rainfall, sparking public criticism about construction quality.
Ludhiana Southern Bypass
The four-laning of the Ludhiana Southern Bypass was tendered in 2010 with a two-year deadline but wasn't completed until 2019 after officials failed to complete inter-department formalities before the tender was allotted; poor PWD-Irrigation Department coordination drove repeated design changes.
Shahpura Railway Overbridge (NH-45)
A retaining-wall section of this overbridge collapsed on December 18, 2025, and a second section collapsed again on February 22, 2026, barely 3-4 years after completion, forcing traffic closure on the busy Jabalpur-Bhopal highway.
Nishatpura Railway Station: Completed but Never Opened
Nishatpura railway station was fully constructed and completed by June 2023 but nearly three years later still has no scheduled trains, staff, or passenger services. The dark, deserted station has taken on an eerie reputation locally, with residents describing it as "haunted" due to its abandoned nighttime appearance despite being structurally complete.
Dravyavati River Rejuvenation Project: Missed Deadlines and Court Contempt
A flagship ₹1,676-crore project to rejuvenate Jaipur's Dravyavati river (formerly the sewage-choked Amanishah Nallah) missed its October 2018 completion deadline, left tributaries like Kartarpura Nulla untouched (causing dangerous sinkholes during rain, now under High Court litigation), and continues receiving untreated sewage from the Walled City, Sanganer and Pratap Nagar. In 2026 the Rajasthan High Court found the JDA had ignored a NEERI report's recommendations for constructing cement concrete drain channels along the river and demanded an explanation for the continued delay.
Peenya Bus Terminal: KSRTC's ₹37 Crore White Elephant
Built on six acres to divert hundreds of bus services away from the overcrowded Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic) in central Bengaluru, the Peenya terminal instead caused KSRTC to lose about ₹12 crore within just six months of shifting services there, because its remote location discouraged ridership. KSRTC was forced to reverse course and move the services back to Majestic, leaving the newly built terminal functioning far below its intended capacity.
Peenya flyover
Heavy vehicles were banned from the flyover for over 3 years after structural defects emerged; a political party alleged corruption behind the substandard construction.
Bhubaneswar-Puri Road Cave-Ins
On August 2, 2026, a section of the Garage Square-Ravi Talkies road in Bhubaneswar suddenly caved in, leaving a 5-6-foot-deep crater that a motorcyclist narrowly escaped, while the same day the ₹22-crore, 10-km Balanga-Haripur road near Deuli village in Puri collapsed under a sand-laden truck, overturning it.
Burdwan Road Flyover: Seven Years and Counting
Work on this 4.6 km flyover connecting Burdwan Road to Mahatma Gandhi More stalled for two years over unresolved railway land issues before resuming in mid-2023. Nearly seven years after construction began, the project has missed a string of deadlines (2023, April 2024, April 2025 and June 2025), leaving the service road and flyover deck still incomplete.
Rajpura Bus Stand: Abandoned Into a Vehicle Dumping Ground
The New Rajpura Bus Stand was inaugurated on NH-1 but was never adopted for actual bus operations; carriers kept stopping at Gagan Chowk instead. Over a decade on, the site has degenerated into an informal vehicle-repair yard and dumping ground for broken trucks, overrun with wild grass, with PRTC even disclaiming ownership of the facility.
Balharshah Junction foot overbridge collapse
A portion of a foot overbridge at Balharshah railway junction, roughly 60 feet high, gave way in the evening, sending commuters falling onto the tracks below and injuring 13 people.
Kotdwar Bridge Collapse Amid Heavy Monsoon
A bridge in Kotdwar collapsed on July 13, 2023 amid heavy monsoon rains, an incident significant enough to coincide with a statewide school closure in Uttarakhand over weather/infrastructure safety concerns.
Panathur Underpass
The Panathur underpass in east Bengaluru flooded yet again after overnight rain in September 2026, despite recent road-widening and upgrade work, because side-drain work was left incomplete and roadside drains remain open, leaving vehicle-movement infrastructure without the drainage needed to function during heavy rain.
Nanda Ki Chowki Bridge: Approach Road Collapse
The approach road of a newly inaugurated ₹16-crore bridge on the Dehradun-Paonta Sahib highway near Premnagar/Nanda Ki Chowki caved in during heavy rain just 16-17 days after its opening, though it was patched and reopened within about 12 hours. Note: this is the one collapse confirmed across available reporting. Claims of the same bridge collapsing three times in a year could not be independently verified via credible sources as of this research; only this single, well-documented incident is included here.
Vishnupuri flyover collapse (Nanded–Latur highway)
A portion of the lower flyover structure, reportedly built with "murum" (loose soil/gravel) fill rather than proper engineered material, caved in on the morning of July 9, 2026, injuring two people on a two-wheeler. Both the service road and upper bridge were shut, and residents demanded a formal inquiry and action against those responsible.
Palwal Elevated Flyover: Abandoned Mid-Construction Over Payment Dispute
Construction of a 2.5km elevated flyover began in August 2017 but halted in October 2019 when the contracting agency walked off mid-project amid a payment dispute with the main concessionaire; work remained suspended for at least nine months despite an NHAI notice.
Madikeri Private Bus Stand: No Takers Amid Garbage
A new private bus stand built to replace the old, congested Madikeri private bus stand found few takers because garbage dumped throughout the facility deterred both bus operators and passengers from using it, leaving the modern structure underutilized despite being newly constructed.
Lucknow Metro: Showpiece Line Running at a Loss
The only operational corridor of a system sanctioned at ₹6,928 crore sees only a fraction of expected ridership: at Hussainganj station roughly 600 people board/alight daily, and about half the seats run empty between Charbagh and the airport.
Bhavnagar–Somnath Highway Bridge Collapse (near Rajula)
A portion of an under-construction bridge on the Bhavnagar-Somnath national highway collapsed near Rajula; a follow-up report roughly three years later found fresh cracks on the same stretch, worrying residents and motorists about a repeat failure.
GHMC Public Toilets
GHMC has spent crores maintaining public toilets that turned out to be non-functional or non-existent: of a claimed 2,260 to 5,299 toilet seats, only around 400 were actually functional. In 2021 GHMC installed 2,260 temporary toilets that were reportedly "not opened for public use and were used for erecting banners," with many lacking water and sewerage connections.
Mira Road–Bhayandar Flyover: 4 Lanes Suddenly Shrink to 2
A newly built flyover carrying four lanes abruptly narrows to just two lanes midway across its span, forcing high-speed traffic into a sudden bottleneck; a viral video sparked public debate over the design, with critics calling it a road-safety hazard. MMRDA denied it was a flaw, saying the transition reflects "available road width constraints, and future network planning," with two lanes reserved for Bhayander East and future expansion.
Tellapur Underpass: Chronic Flooding
The Tellapur underpass becomes severely waterlogged after every heavy rainfall due to the absence of an effective drainage system with no proper outlet for rainwater, causing traffic standstills lasting hours. Vehicles become stranded and the State Disaster Response Force has had to be deployed to pump water and manage congestion.
Pardi Flyover
A partially built span of this flyover collapsed during construction in October 2021; then, within a day of its official inauguration in February 2025, a chunk of concrete fell and damaged a passing car; by August 2025 wide gaps had opened between deck segments. The contractor (GDCL) claimed the fallen material was construction "waste," not part of the structure.
Karimnagar Cable-Stayed Bridge (Manair Riverfront)
Built as a tourism showpiece with a dynamic LED lighting system, the bridge's lights stopped working within about 18 months, its pavement deteriorated, and an unpaid electricity bill of over ₹3 crore piled up; locals say it has become a late-night drinking spot rather than a tourist draw.
Parimal Underpass: Cracked Walls and Recurring Flooding
An August 2024 AMC bridge-audit inspection found cracks in the walls of this heavily used underpass, one of dozens of structures citywide flagged as defective. Weeks later, after about 3.5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, the underpass flooded and trapped a 25-passenger inter-city bus overnight, requiring rescuers to pull passengers out through the windows using ropes.
Harang Bridge Collapse: Failed Again a Month After Reopening
A decades-old bridge that had just reopened in May 2025 after nearly two years of repair work collapsed again barely a month later, on June 17-18, 2025, sending two heavily loaded trucks into the Harang river below and severing a key Assam-Meghalaya connectivity route. Locals alleged corruption in the recently completed repair work.
1960s Bridge Over Gurgaon Canal Collapses Under Truck Traffic
A decades-old, poorly maintained bridge over the Gurgaon canal in Ballabgarh collapsed into a V-shape on a Friday evening while heavy trucks were crossing, trapping several vehicles in the water; no fatalities reported.
Srinagar Smart City Drainage Failure
Despite ₹792 crore spent under the Smart City project, major roads, hospitals and residential areas continue to flood after just hours of rain, most recently in July 2026 when dozens of neighbourhoods were submerged; SMC identified ~60 waterlogging hotspots citywide.
Smart City Area-Based Development roads (57 roads cancelled)
Of 197 roads (43km) planned for modernisation (with footpaths, utility conduits, stormwater lines and smart bus stops) under Nashik's Smart City Area-Based Development plan, 57 roads covering 11km were formally cancelled by the Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation board after facing repeated delays.
Silk Board–Ragigudda double-decker flyover
Bengaluru's first double-decker flyover was shut for urgent safety fixes just days after it was opened to traffic.
Paltan Bazar Foot Overbridge: Guwahati's 10th, Widely Called Wasteful
Built by Assam PWD as Guwahati's 10th foot overbridge, the Paltan Bazar structure was flagged by local media and residents as poorly planned and of doubtful utility even before its scheduled inauguration. Critics questioned why a costly overbridge was needed at this specific junction given actual pedestrian movement patterns.
Mirza Ismail (MI) Road 12-Foot Crater After Monsoon Rain
A massive, roughly 12-foot-deep crater suddenly opened up on MI Road, one of the city's busiest streets, after continuous heavy rains, forcing emergency barricading and repair. It was widely shared on video as an example of the poor state of Jaipur's road infrastructure under monsoon stress.
Araria-Narpatganj NH-27 Collapse
Half of the Araria-Narpatganj stretch of NH-27 (part of a highway that runs from Silchar, Assam to Porbandar, Gujarat) collapsed on a Saturday night during heavy rainfall, causing an overloaded truck to overturn into a roadside ditch. One lane was shut for repairs afterward.
Pathankot Airport: Subsidy Ended, Flights Never Resumed
A civil enclave was carved out of the Pathankot Air Force Station and Alliance Air began Delhi-Pathankot flights in April 2018 under UDAN, but the airline pulled out when its three-year Viability Gap Funding contract ended in April 2021. No carrier has resumed commercial service since, and in December 2025 the Civil Aviation Ministry listed Pathankot among 15 UDAN airports nationwide with zero flight operations.
Sector 17 multi-level parking complex
A ₹48-crore multi-level parking complex sits largely empty years after opening, while nearby surface lots remain jam-packed; its floors are instead used to park municipal waste vehicles, bicycle-share cycles and a private vendor's taxis.
Konigarahalli Vedavathi River Bridge Collapse
A 44-year-old bridge inaugurated in 1982 by then-Chief Minister R. Gundu Rao collapsed on September 1, 2026 after years of visible deterioration, cutting off road connectivity to roughly 15 villages and disrupting school transport for hundreds of students in Chitradurga district.
Jaipur Metro
The Walled City extension (Phase 1B) opened years late in September 2020. Its further extension (Phase 1C) began underground construction only in 2024 and remains unfinished. Phase 2, first proposed for 2021 completion, only got its first civil contract awarded in January 2026, pushing real completion to around 2028-2031.
BCT Road RCC Culvert Failure
An RCC culvert on the BCT Road failed under continuous heavy rainfall in August 2026, causing road inundation and forcing the District Magistrate to shut the stretch to all but emergency vehicles under the Disaster Management Act.
Mehdipatnam Skywalk
A 390-metre pedestrian skywalk with 13 elevators and five entry/exit points meant to serve roughly 50,000 daily pedestrians has remained under construction for over five years, with an HMDA officer's June 2024 promise of "completion by the end of the month" still unmet as of April 2026. Citizens have separately criticised its design for low clearance forcing pedestrians to crouch, poorly placed pillars, and traffic-jam-inducing barrier blocks near the busy junction.
Damodar Iron Bridge and Water Pipeline Collapse
A 40-year-old iron bridge carrying a drinking-water pipeline collapsed into the Damodar river on July 23, 2025, cutting off water supply to Mohishila Colony, Searsole, Benali and parts of Asansol, Raniganj and Jamuria, requiring emergency tanker deployment.
Bowbazar East-West Metro Land Subsidence
On August 31, 2019, a tunnel-boring machine building the East-West Metro corridor struck an aquifer beneath Bowbazar's soft, historically wetland soil, causing numerous two-century-old buildings on Durga Pituri Lane to crack and partially collapse; 23 houses were demolished. The crisis recurred in May 2022 (3 more houses razed) and October 2022 (10 buildings cracked, 136 more residents evacuated), with a Jadavpur University expert panel subsequently recommending 45 additional houses be razed.
Jhansi Road Cave-In
A section of Gwalior's busy Jhansi Road, where construction had already dragged on for about 1.5 years without finishing, caved into a 10-foot-deep crater after roughly two hours of heavy rain, trapping a passing car whose occupants escaped unhurt.
Jaipur Ring Road: A Quarter-Century of Delays and Stalled Control
First conceived in 2000, actual construction on Jaipur's Ring Road only began in 2011, and the original contractor's deal was terminated in 2016 for lack of progress; a new contractor finished only a partial 27km stretch by 2019, still missing toll infrastructure, cloverleaves, electricity and traffic signals years later. A newly announced Northern Ring Road (100km, ₹3,000 crore) remains stuck at the land-acquisition stage across 150+ villages as of 2025, with the JDA now formally seeking to strip NHAI of control over the project, citing its slow progress.
Doraha Bridge Over Sirhind Canal
A bridge over the Sirhind Canal at Doraha, part of the Ludhiana Southern Bypass project, was left incomplete when work stopped in July 2013; construction materials remain abandoned on-site years later.
Tala Bridge
One of Kolkata's oldest bridges was closed first to heavy vehicles and eventually to most traffic for years after being declared structurally weak, echoing the Majerhat collapse.
Kanaka Durga Flyover: Four Years Late, Cost Nearly Doubled
Sanctioned in 2014 with a 2016 deadline, Andhra Pradesh's longest flyover (2.6 km, spanning the Krishna River, Prakasam Barrage and Buckingham Canal) missed repeated revised deadlines and was finally opened only in October 2020, four years late, after its cost nearly doubled. An extra ₹100 crore was spent just on shifting drinking-water pipelines for land acquisition along the route.
Smart City Mission Bhopal
Nearly a decade after Bhopal was selected under India's Smart City Mission, residents, local leaders and journalists report little to no visible development on the ground, prompting demands for a high-level probe.
Amritsar International Airport: Storm Ceiling Collapse
On the night of April 19, 2018, a thunderstorm with high-velocity winds and morning rain caused extensive structural damage to the international airport's main terminal building: the false ceiling collapsed in multiple areas of the main hall, air-pressure imbalances damaged the arrival area near the VIP lounge and immigration section, and glass windows shattered at the restaurant, front gate, and entry gate. No injuries or financial loss to passengers were reported, and airport authorities began repair work immediately afterward.
Kendrapada Under-Construction Bridge Collapse
A portion of an under-construction bridge over the Gobari river collapsed on March 15, 2023, breaking into four pieces roughly two years into construction by contractor ARSS Infrastructure Projects. No casualties were reported, though workers had a narrow escape, and officials reportedly took hours to reach the site.
Karikkamuri KSRTC Bus Stand: Modernisation Stalled Mid-Plan
Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) approved ₹12 crore in April 2023 to modernise the Karikkamuri KSRTC bus stand into an integrated terminal for KSRTC and private buses, appointing the State Construction Corporation as executing agency in January 2024. But a land-exchange dispute between the Transport Department and Local Self-Government Department, followed by CSML shifting policy to require central government funding approval and then CSML's own tenure expiring in January 2025, left the project "practically defunct" with no funds and no construction, as of mid-2025.
Hebbal Flyover Loop
The BDA's Hebbal flyover loop, meant to ease one of Bengaluru's worst traffic bottlenecks, missed its original September 2024 deadline and was only about 65% complete as of January 2025. The agency changed its design mid-project (partially rather than fully dismantling the old Nagavara-K R Puram ramp), adding further confusion, with even a revised Chief-Secretary-mandated April 2025 deadline seen as unlikely to be met.
Hanspal Flyover: Three-Year Delay on an Accident-Prone Stretch
Construction of this 500-metre, six-lane flyover on the accident-prone Hanspal stretch of NH-16 began around 2020 but dragged on for roughly 3-5 years past its original schedule due to "technical issues and contractor problems," forcing commuters between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to endure a chronic bottleneck. It was finally inaugurated only on 21 January 2025.
Hosur Flyover Structural Shift and Crack
A flyover on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway at Hosur developed a roughly 15cm-wide, 50-metre-long gap after shifting laterally by about half a foot, forcing complete closure and diverting traffic onto service roads for up to 3km of congestion during emergency stabilisation.
Gwalior Railway Station Redevelopment: Sluggish Contractor, Slipped Deadline
Redevelopment of Gwalior Junction began in December 2022 with an original 24-month deadline, but by August 2025 only about 50% of the work was complete; the deadline slipped from December 2024 to May 2025 and beyond, with passengers reporting continued inconvenience from the sluggish pace of construction into 2026.
Vemulawada Under-Construction Bridge Collapse (Mulwagu)
One of two arch-technology bridges being built on the Mulwagu tank since 2016 developed severe cracks and partially collapsed after 13cm of rainfall increased water flow, loosening the centering and sweeping away supporting iron rods over a 38-metre stretch. Residents disputed the official weather-only explanation, alleging construction delays and poor material quality were the real cause.
Kali River Bridge Collapse
Three portions of the roughly 40-year-old Kali River bridge on the Karnataka–Goa national highway collapsed simultaneously around 1am on August 7, 2024, sending a loaded lorry into the river and disrupting a key interstate route.
Citywide Bridge Bearing Failures: Gandhi, Sardar and Majmudar Bridges
A safety review ordered after the July 2025 Gambhira Bridge collapse found deteriorated elastomeric bearings across 89 spans of three key Ahmedabad river bridges (38 spans on Gandhi Bridge, 48 on Sardar Bridge and 3 on Parikshitlal Majmudar Bridge), prompting a ₹21.55 crore emergency repair sanction. The review followed an August 2024 AMC audit that had already found 75% of 70 inspected bridges/flyovers citywide defective.
Major Arterial Road, Kadabagere
A newly built ₹500-crore stretch of Bengaluru's Major Arterial Road near Kadabagere developed multiple large sinkholes across a 20-metre stretch just days before its scheduled inauguration on June 27, 2026. A viral video showed gaping craters on the still-uninaugurated road, which remained under contractor control and had not yet been formally handed over to the BDA.
Tiruvannamalai State Highway Bridge Collapse
A newly built bridge across the Thenpennai river collapsed on December 3, 2024, during Cyclone Fengal, just three months after opening. The bridge sat at a river bend acknowledged in its own tender document, and nearby bridges survived the same flood undamaged. Anti-corruption group Arappor Iyakkam noted that six months on, no FIR or accountability action had been taken.
Kalaburagi Airport: Idle Runway
Inaugurated on November 22, 2019 under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme with just three weekly flights to Bengaluru, the airport built on a 742-acre site subsequently lost even that thin service. The Ministry of Civil Aviation's December 2025 disclosure to the Rajya Sabha listed Kalaburagi among 15 UDAN airports nationwide with zero scheduled flight operations.
Recurring monsoon waterlogging of underpasses
Despite over a decade of drainage and flood-mitigation spending, Gurugram's underpasses and major roads flood every monsoon, submerging vehicles and paralysing traffic citywide.
NH-66 Kooriyad Embankment and Retaining Wall Collapse
A section of NH-66 under construction at Kooriyad collapsed on May 19, 2025 when the foundation soil failed under a high embankment load; the retaining wall collapsed again days later. NHAI suspended its project director, terminated the site engineer, debarred contractor KNR Constructions for up to a year, and fined it ₹20 lakh.
Hirasar Airport (Rajkot International Airport) Canopy Collapse
On June 29, 2024, a canopy at the passenger pick-up area of Rajkot's newly built Hirasar airport collapsed during heavy monsoon rain while maintenance crews cleared accumulated water, the third such canopy collapse at a new Indian airport terminal in as many days.
Bopal-Ghuma-Shilaj Railway Overbridge
After six years and ₹65 crore of construction shared between AUDA, DFCCIL and Railways, this railway overbridge connecting Bopal-Ghuma to Shilaj was structurally completed, but its southern ramp simply terminates in a dead end, blocked by a private property's boundary wall, with only a narrow six-metre dirt track leading roughly 2km to the Shilaj main road. Video of the bridge literally running into a wall went viral, becoming a symbol of poor inter-agency planning. As of January 2025 the connecting road on the far side remained unconstructed.
Sidhi ₹104-Crore Road Washed Away in First Monsoon
A road built at a cost of ₹104 crore in Sidhi district was largely washed away by the very first heavy rainfall spell just six months after construction, with a major section of the Khaira-Dithoura route swept out by strong water flow and the Bhawarsen Pahad route blocked by falling soil and rocks.
Garuda Varadhi (Srinivasa Sethu) Flyover
A flagship flyover jointly funded by the TTD temple trust and municipal corporation blew past its 2-year deadline after TTD's temple-donation income collapsed during COVID-19, starving the project of funds for extended stretches while partially built pillars sat idle.
Hindon Elevated Road: Pillar Erosion & Murky Maintenance Takeover
India's longest six-lane elevated road at the time it opened saw soil erode around pillar No. 187 within months of opening. In 2022 the municipal corporation abruptly took over maintenance and advertising rights without prior board approval, raising concerns about hidden costs.
Bengaluru Steel Flyover project
Karnataka government's ambitious 6.7km elevated steel flyover to the airport was cancelled after sustained public protests over tree-felling, cost, and design.
Madan Mahal Flyover
About eight months after inauguration, chunks of concrete began falling from the Madan Mahal section of this flyover, captured on video and widely shared; residents say they are now afraid to use the underpass beneath it after earlier reports of joint gaps and cracks.
IFFCO Chowk flyover crack
A 40-foot-long crack appeared in the flyover's structure, prompting emergency inspection and repair work on one of Gurugram's busiest junctions.
Tumakuru Road (Dr Shivakumara Swamiji) Flyover
NHAI abruptly shut this elevated flyover on National Highway 4 for about a week from December 25, 2021 after a routine post-monsoon inspection found rust/erosion damage to two of the 20 steel cables linking pillars 102 and 103. The sudden closure caused major traffic congestion on the highway while an expert committee assessed whether the cables needed replacement.
Rakshak Chowk Flyover
Within 24 hours of opening, this flyover saw two accidents and drew criticism over its steep gradient flagged in early safety audits; commuters have since publicly said the road below is "wider, feels safer and experiences less congestion" than the flyover meant to relieve traffic.
Dharamshala Smart City Drainage
Despite hundreds of crores spent rebuilding roads/drains under the Smart City Mission, Dharamshala's new covered drainage is too narrow, incorrectly sloped and cable-obstructed, causing uncontrolled rainwater flow every monsoon, replacing older open drains that handled both drainage and irrigation.
NH-327E Mechi River Bridge Collapse
A 100-metre span of an under-construction bridge collapsed into the Mechi River on June 4, 2023, despite no significant rise in river water levels, the 11th bridge collapse recorded in Bihar within three years, prompting an expert probe.
Gaganpahad Underpass
The underpass floods with knee-deep water during rains because of a breached retaining wall between a nearby lake and an industrial area, with no proper drainage outlet. Despite multiple resident complaints, only cosmetic civic work (painting) has been done; the structural breach itself remains unrepaired.
NH-44 Hosur Road, Attibele
A section of the busy Bengaluru-Hosur stretch of National Highway 44 near Attibele caved in on February 4, 2026, opening a large crater in the carriageway and crippling traffic on one of the city's key routes toward Tamil Nadu. The collapse forced long detours and hours of gridlock on the Bengaluru-Hosur corridor.
Puducherry Harbour-Induced Beach Erosion
Construction of Puducherry's port/harbour in the late 1980s blocked the natural northward sand flow, and within a decade the town's entire beach had been swallowed by the sea, devastating over a dozen fishing villages and displacing roughly 7,000 fishing families. Subsequent breakwaters and a seawall shifted erosion elsewhere and cut off village sea access; restoration only began in 2017 after sustained activist pressure.
Indira Gandhi Flyover & Chinchwad Station Flyover (declared unsafe)
The Central Railway formally wrote to PCMC demanding demolition of these two of the city's oldest flyovers, stating their structural "life expectancy has expired" and that they remain unsafe despite PCMC spending three years on reinforcement work on the Indira Gandhi flyover.
Kozhikode Metro/Monorail Repeatedly Scrapped and Redesigned
Kozhikode's transit plans flip-flopped for 15+ years: full metro (2008) to monorail (2012, scrapped 2014 after the sole bidder nearly doubled the cost) to "light metro" (foundation stone laid 2016) to a fresh switch back to full metro announced in the 2025-26 budget, with no line ever built.
Palarivattom flyover ("Palarivattom flyover scam")
Just three years after opening, structural cracks and weak concrete forced authorities to demolish and rebuild the flyover; IIT-Madras and "Metro Man" E. Sreedharan's review found the contractor had used substandard construction materials, sparking a major corruption case.
Pakyong Airport: Flight Suspension
Built as the Northeast's first greenfield hill airport and inaugurated by PM Modi in 2018 as an engineering showpiece, Pakyong has repeatedly gone dark on scheduled commercial service. The Ministry of Civil Aviation confirmed to Parliament that no scheduled flights operated from the airport since June 2024, with an MP describing it as "totally non-operational" since May 2024, despite the runway remaining licensed.
Civil Lines Flyover Stuck at 50-60% Completion for Five Years
A flyover meant to relieve chronic congestion in Jaipur's C-Scheme commercial area remains only half-built five years after work began, with completion unlikely even by 2026. The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) imposed a ₹1.07 crore penalty on the contractor for slow progress, but work reportedly slowed further rather than accelerating afterward.
Mangaluru Town Hall Skywalk (shelved)
A pedestrian skywalk was proposed and its foundation laid near Town Hall to address a pedestrian-accident hotspot, but the project languished for roughly three years before being quietly shelved in favour of a ₹6 crore underpass instead.
Butterfly Bridge (Thergaon–Chinchwad)
Meant to ease heavy-vehicle traffic between Thergaon and Chinchwad, this 107m bridge remained incomplete on one side eight years after work began, missing multiple deadlines including a final January 2025 target. PCMC's Joint City Engineer attributed the delay to objections from a housing society that forced design and height changes.
Daburji Flyover
The flyover deteriorated to the point former Improvement Trust chairman Dinesh Bassi publicly warned it "may collapse," alleging substandard contractor work and demanding an FIR and high-level inquiry; it was also built without a service lane.
Subhash Bridge: Span Sinks and Cracks Open Up
This 1973-built four-lane bridge, carrying thousands of vehicles and several bus routes daily, developed large cracks and a visibly sunken span section in December 2025 (its last repair had been in 2019), forcing a five-day emergency closure. Months later, in March 2026, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation approved a ₹240 crore renovation of the bridge.
Motihari bridge collapse
An under-construction bridge collapsed in Motihari, the third such Bihar bridge collapse within a single week.
Bathinda Airport: Chronic Underuse
The ₹25-crore civil terminal was inaugurated in December 2016 for a UDAN-scheme Delhi route that ran with over 90% occupancy, yet commercial operations were completely suspended for more than three years from 2020 to September 2023. Service has never stabilized since: a Ghaziabad route added in 2023 was itself suspended in September 2025 after the operating airline was acquired by another carrier, leaving the ₹25-crore terminal running a reduced, uncertain schedule.
Adas Railway Overbridge Collapse
Approach girders of an under-construction railway overbridge near Adas village gave way on May 30, 2026, sustaining substantial structural damage; no injuries since no one was beneath it, but railway authorities launched an inquiry.
Dharamsala Smart City E-Toilets: Locked and Unused for Years
E-toilets installed near Martyrs Park in 2015 were later shifted to Gandhi Park but never received a permanent power connection at the new site. After a woman became trapped inside one and had to be rescued with iron rods, the toilets were locked and left unused for roughly three years with no maintenance from the Municipal Corporation.
Meluri Pipeline Suspension Bridge Collapse
A cable suspension truss bridge carrying the sole water-supply pipeline to Meluri district headquarters was washed away by incessant rainfall on September 16, 2025, leaving the entire town without water supply.
Derelict Hindon River Bridge Left Standing 25 Years After Replacement
When Greater Noida Authority built a new four-lane bridge alongside an old two-lane one over the Hindon river roughly 25 years ago, it never demolished the original. That bridge has since developed large pillar cracks and eroded foundation soil, yet pedestrians and cyclists still use it.
Sanat Nagar Flyover: Repeated Missed Deadlines
Proposed by NHAI in 2020 with an original June 2024 completion deadline, this flyover on the Srinagar bypass has missed at least three successive deadlines (June 2024, June 2025, September 2025, and again in November 2025), causing daily traffic chaos on one of the city's busiest stretches. As of November 2025 it was still not fully open despite officials repeatedly declaring it "almost ready."
Kozhikode KSRTC Terminal: Ceiling Collapse After Ignored Warning
A false ceiling section at the Kozhikode KSRTC bus terminal collapsed in the early morning of June 12, 2026, injuring two passengers with head injuries. An IIT Madras structural assessment had already flagged the building for "structural weakness" back in 2021, but no repairs were carried out in the intervening five years, and the terminal's second-floor ceiling reportedly remains in a similarly hazardous state.
Sarai Kale Khan ISBT Revamp
Sanctioned in 2008 to redevelop Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan ISBT into a modern multimodal hub, the project has been repeatedly derailed: first by building-height restrictions near Humayun's Tomb and Metro Phase III works, then by NCRTC's decision to build an elevated (rather than underground) Delhi-Meerut RRTS station on the same site, forcing a fresh Detailed Project Report and all 11 approvals to be sought again. Meanwhile a 2024 investigative report found the existing terminal, serving over 50,000 daily passengers, riddled with broken seating, non-functional fans, contaminated water points, and a platform illegally used as a police parking lot.
Joka–Esplanade (Purple Line) Metro: Over a Decade of Delay
The Purple Line was sanctioned in 2010-11 to connect Joka with Esplanade, with RVNL awarded the construction contract in 2011. Only the 6.5km Joka-Taratala stretch actually opened, inaugurated by the Prime Minister in December 2022, more than a decade after sanction. The remaining extension toward Park Street/Esplanade remained stuck as of 2026, most recently pending a land-swap deal with Nepal's Consulate General needed to build a ramp between the Mominpur and Khidderpore stations.
Dahisar Skywalk
Built by MMRDA in 2010 and handed to BMC in 2015, a portion of this 850-metre skywalk collapsed in 2016, forcing its complete closure to pedestrians. A structural audit by VJTI initially recommended repairs, but a later consultant's report recommended full reconstruction instead, leaving the structure shut for years while a rebuild languished in tendering.
Locked public toilets
Public toilets built under the Swachh Bharat Mission in parts of Guwahati remain permanently locked, defeating the mission's sanitation goals.
GIFT City: Gujarat's "Ghost Town" Financial Hub
Envisioned in 2007 as India's answer to Singapore or Dubai (a self-contained financial city with homes, malls, hospitals and nightlife around its office towers), GIFT City has built out only about 22 million of its planned 62 million square feet. Despite housing over 20,000 workers across 400+ companies, it has just one completed residential project, one five-star hotel, no malls, and Gujarat's statewide alcohol prohibition undercuts the after-work social scene finance professionals expect, leaving many firms' real operations still centred in Mumbai.
Nathu Colony Chowk Flyover: Hidden Structural Weakness and CBI Probe
Built in 2015, the flyover was shut to heavy vehicles for two years after visible structural weaknesses appeared, with a consultant's defect report left pending since 2021 and no internal inquiry conducted despite officials' awareness of the problem. In November 2024 the Delhi High Court, hearing a PIL by a BJP MLA, ordered a CBI probe after a bureaucratic standoff between PWD and TTDC over ₹8 crore in unpaid dues held up repairs.
Freedom Park Multi-Level Parking
Designed to hold roughly 580 four-wheelers and 500 two-wheelers, the facility was inaugurated by the Chief Minister while still only partly built: at opening it could handle just 34 cars and 50 two-wheelers. It then sat largely unused for years: BBMP ran at least seven failed tenders to find a private operator, halved the reserve price to attract bidders, floated electric buggies to ferry users to shops as a "last-ditch attempt," and eventually handed it to a firm on terms under which BBMP expects to take about 50 years to recover its investment.
Ganesapuram Subway: 32-Month Closure
The Ganesapuram subway, a key link for several North Chennai neighbourhoods, was closed in January 2023 for construction of a road overbridge and stayed shut for roughly 32 months before Greater Chennai Corporation announced its reopening. Residents expressed concern that new pumping arrangements to prevent monsoon flooding were only a short-term fix rather than a permanent storm-water drainage solution.
Chitrakonda Bus Stand: Cracks Before the Ribbon Was Even Cut
A newly built bus stand in Chitrakonda developed large, visible fractures in its concrete flooring before it was even inaugurated, alarming local residents who feared the damage would worsen once buses and heavy vehicles began regular use. Contractors responded by applying a pitch layer over the cracked concrete, which residents dismissed as cosmetic patching rather than a genuine structural fix, and demanded a full technical investigation and accountability before the facility opens to the public.
Victor Hospital–La Flor Hotel Flyover
A year after Central government approval and funding, work on this flyover, meant to ease Margao's chronic ring-road congestion, had not even begun, stuck awaiting a formal No Objection Certificate from South Western Railway since the alignment crosses railway property.
Ultadanga Flyover
Built by Mackintosh Burn Ltd. and inaugurated in January 2011 to link VIP Road/the airport with EM Bypass, a 200-metre iron girder of the flyover collapsed into the Keshtopur canal in March 2013 after a heavily loaded trailer struck the structure, injuring three people. In July 2019, KMDA inspectors found a fresh crack in one of the flyover's piers, forcing a 72-hour traffic shutdown, with officials noting a portion of the same flyover had broken down six years earlier.
Aishbagh ROB: Bridge With a 90-Degree Turn
The 648-metre, 8.5-metre-wide road-over-bridge was built with an abrupt L-shaped, sharp ~90-degree (later measured at 118-119 degrees) turn, which went viral as "inherently dangerous." After massive public backlash, Indian Railways agreed to transfer extra land so PWD could re-profile the curve for a gentler turn, adding roughly 3 feet of carriageway width; the original construction agency and design consultant were blacklisted.
Civil Lines "Smart" Toilet: Not So Smart After All
A "smart" public toilet inaugurated by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation had its glass panel damaged within two months of opening. A study by five architecture students and three faculty advisors catalogued 19 design and safety flaws, including undersized ventilation, slippery tiles despite anti-slip alternatives being available, an overflowing overhead tank, an exposed electrical meter box, and non-standard plumbing using flexible pipes instead of bottle traps.
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Setu (Ambedkar Flyover)
Bhopal's longest flyover was inaugurated in January 2025; a quality inspection a week later found unsatisfactory riding-surface finishing and excessive expansion-joint corrosion. By August 2026 the asphalt layer had begun peeling with reinforcement rods exposed.
Kharghar Skywalk
A section of the pedestrian skywalk connecting Kharghar station to surrounding sectors has been taken over as an illegal parking zone for vehicles, with commuters saying the public infrastructure meant for pedestrians is being completely misused while hawkers already choke the station entrance.
Six Mile Flyover: Pillar Failure Over a Decade Later
Built by Kolkata-based Simplex and opened in 2009, this 1.65 km flyover developed an expansion-joint problem at pillar no. 2 in 2023 (₹2 crore repair) and then cracks in pillar no. 4 in late 2024, with engineers concluding "the pillar had failed." Assam PWD had to install temporary load-distribution supports and called in IIT-Guwahati and RITES to test the structure's design, construction and concrete quality more than a decade after its defect-liability period had lapsed.
Nagpur Railway Station Redevelopment: Repeated Deadline Extensions
Ground was broken on Nagpur station's redevelopment in December 2022 with a 36-month deadline of December 2025, but the project has since been pushed to December 2026 and local reports warn it could slip as far as 2029. Key holdups include the Railway Protection Force post and GRP police station being unable to relocate because replacement lockup facilities were never built, stalling a heritage-building demolition for months, while underground parking work on the western side has not even begun despite being planned for over a year.
Mrinal Tai Gore Flyover
This 750-metre flyover extension, originally meant to take 24 months, took roughly 7 years and three cost revisions to complete. Within hours to days of its high-profile inauguration, videos showed visible potholes and patchwork on the freshly laid surface, triggering opposition outrage. BMC had already imposed escalating delay penalties on the contractor (₹25,000/day rising to ₹1 lakh/day) after it missed the revised deadline.
NTR Bridge (Upputeru Bridge) Partial Collapse
Roughly 70 metres of the 140-metre, ~30-year-old bridge collapsed, severing a key link in Jagannaickpur. Opposition leaders alleged nearby desilting, dredging and a ₹9 crore park project had undermined the foundation.
Ahmedabad (Kalupur) Railway Station Redevelopment Cost Overrun
The Rail Land Development Authority's flagship redevelopment of Ahmedabad's Kalupur station (styled after the Modhera Sun Temple with bullet-train, metro and bus integration) was budgeted at ₹3,000 crore. When financial bids opened in April 2023, all three bidders quoted far above that: Afcons at ₹5,355 crore, NCC at ₹5,694 crore, and L&T at ₹5,770 crore, a roughly 78% overrun before construction even began.
Navi Mumbai International Airport
First conceived in the 1990s when Mumbai's existing airport was projected to hit capacity by 2010, and formally targeted for completion by 2024 after PM Modi laid the foundation stone in 2018, the project slipped roughly three decades from initial conception to inauguration on October 8, 2025, with commercial operations only beginning in December 2025. Ownership changed hands mid-project (GVK consortium to Adani Group in 2020) and the cost escalated substantially, including a reported 50% Phase 1 cost jump in 2018 alone, amid prolonged land acquisition and rehabilitation disputes with project-affected villagers.
Batanagar (Sampriti) Flyover Cracks
Billed as West Bengal's longest flyover (roughly 7km) and dedicated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in January 2019, the "Sampriti" (Harmony) flyover developed visible cracks on pillars 121 and 122 by January 8, 2020, barely a year after opening, forcing KMDA to halt all vehicular movement for about 26 hours as a precaution.
Purvanchal Expressway: Road Caves In 11 Months After Inauguration
Less than a year after PM inauguration, the October 2022 monsoon caused wide stretches of the flagship expressway to cave in, with potholes up to 15 feet deep, triggering accidents and vehicle damage across multiple sections.
Puri "World-Class Heritage City" Cost Overrun
Odisha's flagship ABADHA scheme to redevelop Puri around the Jagannath Temple saw its budget balloon by over ₹1,000 crore due to design changes and additional projects added mid-course.
Faridabad International Bus Stand: ₹1,000 Crore Project Stuck on Paper
Billed as Haryana's first "international-level" bus stand with AC waiting areas, food courts, retail and digital ticketing across four phases, the project's Detailed Project Report was submitted in April 2022 but sat awaiting state government approval more than a year later, since any project over ₹100 crore requires Chief Minister's Office sign-off. The proposed PPP structure has also drawn opposition from the Haryana Roadways Workers Union, which calls it privatization of a government asset.
Hatkeshwar flyover
The flyover was declared unfit and closed to traffic soon after opening due to substandard construction quality; four directors of the contractor firm were arrested for cheating and criminal conspiracy.
Jalandhar "Smart" Road Collapse
A road connecting Workshop Chowk to the DAV College flyover in Jalandhar, built at a cost of ₹10 crore, collapsed just 10 months after completion. Objections about the construction had reportedly been raised earlier by officials but were dismissed by the engineers who built it.
Kancharapalem flyover
One of Vizag's oldest flyovers, once beautified ahead of a major international event, has since been left to decay (dead plants, broken tiles and deteriorated vertical-greenery structures) as maintenance funds are reserved mainly for VIP routes.
Indore BRTS ("iBus" corridor)
Indore's flagship Bus Rapid Transit corridor, once held up nationally as a model project, was ordered dismantled by the Madhya Pradesh High Court after years of complaints that it worsened congestion for other traffic.
Uppal-Narapally Flyover: Eight Years and Still Unfinished
Launched by NHAI in 2018 with a three-year deadline, Telangana's second-longest flyover remains unfinished eight years later, stalled largely over land-acquisition disputes. The prolonged incompletion triggered a viral "meme fest" on social media in 2026 after the PM announced new highway projects elsewhere, with users joking the flyover would only be finished "by 2100."
Ralla Wagu Bridge Collapse
The bridge had been deteriorating for some time under continuous stress from heavy vehicle traffic, including overloaded sand-mining lorries, before a section gave way on January 4, 2025, cutting the direct Cherla-Venkatapuram passage and forcing a detour via Eturnagaram.
Smart City Footpaths Smashed by Drain-Cleaning Machinery
Premium footpath tiles installed in 2022 under the Smart City project are being smashed by JCBs and chain machines during routine drain-cleaning instead of careful removal and reuse, destroying crores worth of civic investment.
Sadar Flyover
This 3.9km flyover was built with a poorly designed landing that created a chronic traffic bottleneck at Samvidhan Square soon after opening. A state minister publicly acknowledged the "faulty design," and a ₹34-crore modification plan was announced, but implementation has stalled amid inter-agency disputes.
Perungalathur Flyover: 23-Year Construction Delay
First sanctioned in 2001, the flyover stayed incomplete for over two decades because an electricity board substation blocking the alignment was never relocated at the planning stage. Phase 3 only opened in June 2023, leaving roughly 200,000 residents to endure prolonged traffic chaos.
Adabari Bus Station: Once a Lifeline, Now Overgrown With Grass
Once the lifeline bus station connecting Guwahati to Lower Assam, Adabari was left to decay after services were shifted to the ISBT and Khanapara without matching infrastructure being built at the new sites. As of December 2025 the once-bustling terminal was reported "overgrown with grass and marked by silence," with only occasional vehicle repairs and a single bus still operating from the area.
Korattur Railway Station Subway
An 800-metre, 30-foot-wide two-way subway with LED lighting and storm-water drains near Korattur railway station was cleared in 2010 and began construction in 2013, but remained unfinished six years later in 2019 against an expected mid-2020 completion. A local resident noted the Railways had finished their portion of the work, but the Highways Department's portion continued to lag.
Koyambedu Flyover Cracks and Corrosion
The 1.15km Koyambedu flyover, inaugurated by CM M K Stalin, developed multiple potholes, exposed expansion joints and jutting-out steel reinforcement bars within about four years, a hazard flagged by cyclists and commuters.
Nagpur Metro: Chronic Ridership Shortfall and Operating Losses
Built at a cost of ₹8,680 crore against a Detailed Project Report forecast of 41 lakh daily passengers by 2026, Nagpur Metro carried only 69,863 daily passengers in 2023-24 (about 17% of that target), while farebox revenue of ₹64.4 crore fell far short of the projected ₹434 crore. The system has posted operating losses every year since 2016-17, including ₹178.58 crore in 2020-21, and continues to run monthly losses of ₹2.5-3 crore.
Lachung Bailey Bridge Collapse
A 200-foot, 25-year-old Bailey bridge connecting the two halves of Lachung village and linking it to Katao and Sharchok villages collapsed on January 5, 2025 when an overloaded supply-laden vehicle attempted to cross, severing road connectivity (only a footbridge remained).
Bongaigaon Railway Station: Under-Construction Roof Collapse
An overhead shed under construction at Bongaigaon railway station collapsed on August 2, 2022 while workers were installing it, injuring eight labourers who were rushed to a private hospital with grave injuries. The shed was being fitted by contractor Tribeni Constructions when it lost balance and fell on the workers below.
Versova-Bandra Sea Link
This MSRDC sea-link project has seen its cost balloon by over 140% in seven years due to technical redesigns (a relocated Juhu exit, a shifted navigation span, and a casting-yard relocation from Juhu to Malad), while its deadline slipped from December 2026 to May 2028. As of the latest disclosure only about 11-12% of construction work had been completed despite years having passed since the contract was awarded.
Richmond Town Potholes
A 43-year-old Richmond Town resident sent BBMP a legal notice in May 2025 demanding ₹50 lakh in compensation after sustaining repeated neck and back injuries from jolts caused by deep potholes and uneven road surfaces on her daily commute, backed by five orthopaedic visits and four emergency-room admissions.
Nanganallur Under-Construction Flyover Collapse
A portion of an under-construction flyover in south Chennai collapsed on January 18, 2024. No casualties were reported, but the incident raised fresh questions about construction quality and supervision on active flyover projects.
Mohali–Kharar Flyover
The flyover has been redesigned twice: an original Sector 39–Khanpur alignment was shelved, as was a second alignment, after Phase VI residents and a Gurdwara committee protested planned demolitions; a third mixed elevated/surface design pushed the project years past its 2018 target, with contractor L&T claiming ~₹1 crore/month in losses.
Berhampur Ring Road
Then-CM Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for this ring road in 2013, but land acquisition failures and NHAI non-cooperation meant actual construction of even phase 1 did not begin until November 2021, eight years later.
Bhankrota & Kamla Nehru Nagar Flyovers Built With Debris Instead of Soil
Investigation found that instead of filling the space behind retaining walls with proper soil, contractors dumped demolition debris (broken asphalt and concrete chunks from old roads), along with broken blocks and pillars, causing leakage and pillar subsidence risk during monsoon. "Defective cement" was also found used in pillar construction, causing visible damage at multiple points on these two NHAI flyovers meant to serve 75,000-90,000 vehicles a day each.
Jind Devi Lal Chowk Road Cave-In
A newly constructed road patch near Devi Lal Chowk in Jind town caved in during rainfall, the latest in a pattern of repeated washing-away and sinking of new roads in the town that residents say points to systemic quality failures rather than one-off bad luck.
Arif Nagar Bus Stand: Five Years, Three Phases, Still Unfinished
Meant to replace the Putli Ghar and Nadra bus stands and cut congestion in central Bhopal by handling roughly 150 buses, the project has run more than five years past its original timeline and over three years past its revised deadline. Despite officials claiming 80% completion, passenger platforms, roofing, and finishing work remain unfinished, and contractors are pressing the municipal corporation for site handover to release pending payments.
Kakinada–Rajanagaram Road Widening (ADB)
A four-laning upgrade of a single-lane, 1997-built ADB-funded road was meant to widen ~30km within three years, but multiple stretches remain incomplete years past deadline, leaving dangerous half-finished sections that cause accidents.
Sambalpur Central Flyover Cost Blowout
Construction began in February 2016 against local opposition, with a May 2017 deadline; by June 2019 it remained unfinished with costs nearly tripled. Contractor Panda Infratech's work caused four construction accidents, including injury to a schoolgirl, and prolonged traffic chaos devastated local businesses.
Amaravati Capital City Start-up Area Project
A flagship public-private capital-city development anchored by a Singapore government-linked consortium was shelved by the incoming state government in November 2019 after the World Bank and AIIB pulled funding, leaving capital-city works stalled for roughly five years before a partial 2024 revival.
Noida's ₹500-Crore Elevated Road Left to Rot Amid Contractor Dispute
Noida's 4.8km elevated road suffered surface damage after monsoon rains; the contractor, contractually responsible for upkeep, refused to resurface it citing an unresolved financial dispute with the Noida Authority, forcing the Authority to repair it itself amid an internal probe.
Cooch Behar Airport: Service Collapse
After a closure of over 25 years, Cooch Behar Airport resumed commercial service in February 2023 with IndiaOne Air's nine-seater flights to Kolkata under the UDAN scheme, contracted to run three years until 2026. The operator instead unilaterally notified authorities it would stop flying from February 1, 2026, barely two years in, abruptly ending the route again and triggering a political blame row between the BJP and Trinamool Congress over funding responsibility.
Delhi BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor
Delhi's first Bus Rapid Transit corridor was blamed for worsening congestion for private vehicles and was dismantled by the Delhi government in 2016 after years of controversy, PILs, and court battles.
Pitki Railway Overbridge (NH-18)
This 1.4km, 56-pillar overbridge was launched in 2019 with a 2022 target. As of April 2026, only seven of nine planned railway traffic blocks needed over live tracks had been used, leaving ~5,000 vehicles/day and ambulances stuck for up to 5km when level-crossing gates close for over 100 daily trains; cracks have appeared in some pillars.
Parwanoo–Solan NH-5 Four-Laning Cost Overrun & Flyover Collapse
The four-laning of a 39km NH-5 stretch, awarded with a 30-month deadline, took over five years to substantially finish and required extensive extra slope-stabilisation after the original design proved inadequate. In August 2022, a large flyover portion on this same stretch collapsed during heavy rain near Solan.
Palathara Bridge Structural Failure
A 60-plus-year-old municipal bridge began deteriorating after a heavy truck crossing caused cracking, and a nearby compound wall then collapsed onto it, compromising the foundation. The municipality restricted it to two-wheelers only pending an expert assessment.
Vallabhipur Branch Canal (SSNNL) Irregularities
Gujarat Congress filed a complaint with the CM and state vigilance commission in August 2026 alleging a ₹400-crore scam in SSNNL's Vallabhipur Branch Canal underground pipeline irrigation project in Bhavnagar district, citing an official CAG audit flagging large-scale irregularities.
Pumpwell Flyover
Approved in 2004 and taking roughly a decade to build, the flyover developed visible cracks on its road surface and embankment walls just 3-4 months after its high-profile inauguration, forcing NHAI to seal cracks with tar.
Neglected public park
A public park built by the city administration lies neglected and overrun with waste, cited by local media as symptomatic of poor upkeep of civic amenities across the city.
Fazilka Bus Terminal: Inaugurated, Then Turned Into a Parking Lot
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi inaugurated this new bus terminal on municipal council land in December 2021, but over two years later it has never actually been used for buses, instead becoming a parking lot for defunct Municipal Council vehicles. A dispute between the Fazilka Municipal Council and the state Transport Department over entry fees (~₹20 lakh/year), plus the absence of a workshop and fuelling infrastructure at the new site, has kept it shut while passengers continue to use the old, congested in-town bus stand.
Locked/Unusable Public Toilets (Singara Chennai 2.0)
Greater Chennai Corporation spent crores building or upgrading community toilet complexes, but numerous completed units sit permanently locked and never opened, while others suffer inadequate water supply and severe filth that render them unusable.
Begusarai bridge collapse
A newly built bridge costing ₹13 crore collapsed in Begusarai district, adding to Bihar's string of bridge failures.
Overhead Water Tank Leaking Since Construction
An overhead water tank built to serve roughly 5,000 residents across four villages has leaked since it was completed around 2020; water supply was halted within about six months due to worsening leakage, and even after partial repairs roughly two years later, residents say "leakage in the tank continues," with water accumulating in village lanes.
Foot Over Bridges (FOBs), citywide
Multiple foot overbridges built across Guwahati sit in a "dismal state," poorly maintained and largely avoided by pedestrians who prefer crossing roads directly at grade.
Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway: Potholes Weeks After Final Stretch Opened
Barely three weeks after the final 76-km Igatpuri-Amane stretch of the Samruddhi Mahamarg (Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg) opened on June 5, 2025, its asphalt surface came off at seven locations following heavy rain, with videos of the potholes going viral and drawing mockery aimed at the highways ministry.
Bengaluru Public Toilets
A 2026 citizen-led audit of 142 public toilets across Bengaluru found 26% non-functional, only 6 rated "very clean," and 58% with persistent foul odour, despite the city having roughly just one public toilet for every 30,000 residents. The findings renewed calls for urgent sanitation infrastructure and management reforms.
Bundelkhand Expressway: Cave-In Days After PM Inauguration
The 296-km Bundelkhand Expressway, inaugurated by PM Modi on July 16, 2022, developed one-and-a-half-foot-deep potholes and caved in at Chiriya Salempur just five days later after rain, damaging two cars and a motorcycle. Opposition leaders, including BJP MP Varun Gandhi, demanded strict action over the construction quality of the flagship project.
Damoh Naka-Madan Mahal Ring Flyover: Cracks Before Full Public Use
Billed as Madhya Pradesh's longest flyover (7 km, including a 192-metre single-span cable-stayed bridge over a railway line) and inaugurated in August 2025 to cut travel time between Damoh Naka and Madan Mahal from 40 minutes to 7, cracks were reported on the structure even before it opened to the public, prompting an inspection by the state PWD.
Pataragitti Stream Bridge Collapse
A 16-year-old bridge connecting Vijayapura and Belagavi districts over the Pataragitti stream collapsed suddenly on a Monday afternoon, severing the Athani connectivity route and forcing a longer detour via Tikota.
"Temple Run" Bridge: Triple 90-Degree Turn
This short bridge/road stretch packs three consecutive sharp ~90-degree turns into a brief section, creating a zigzag pattern widely compared online to the mobile game "Temple Run" rather than conventional road design. Google Maps satellite imagery of the structure went viral on social media (shared by Congress Kerala in June 2025), racking up over a million views and a wave of memes questioning why it wasn't built as a simple curve.
Hosakerehalli Flyover
Meant to take just 15 months, the Hosakerehalli flyover near PES University took roughly five years to open, finally starting operations on November 12, 2025. Commuters say it merely "transferred the bottleneck from ground to flyover" rather than solving it, pointing to an unfinished asphalt layer, closed bus stops, and continued daily congestion at the nearby Janata Bazar junction.
Delhi-Dehradun Expressway: Cave-In Near Shamli
Large potholes and a road cave-in appeared on the newly inaugurated Delhi-Dehradun Expressway near Hathi Karoda village in Shamli district after monsoon rain, damaging vehicles and raising fresh questions about the quality of one of India's costliest expressway projects, inaugurated on April 14, 2026.
STI Overbridge Waterlogging
Built in 2019, this overbridge developed large craters and broken dividers within two years, turning into knee-deep artificial ponds during rain; on September 16, 2021 Congress activists released live fish onto the flooded bridge to protest the drainage failure.
Locked and Unusable Public Toilets
More than ten public toilets built with Swachh Bharat and government grant money have remained locked for years, some with broken windows and drainage problems; a separate 2026 civic survey found toilets missing in 30 wards and closed in nine more.
Mangaluru NH-66: Potholes Return 10 Days After VIP Resurfacing
Roads on NH-66 between New Mangalore Port and Kuloor were freshly asphalted about 10 days ahead of a visit by PM Modi in early September 2022, only for potholes to reappear within roughly 10 days of his departure, drawing public ridicule over the durability of hastily patched-up "VIP visit" road work.
Kannauj Railway Station Building Collapse
On January 11, 2025, the ceiling slab/lintel of a two-storey building under construction as part of the station's Amrit Bharat Station Scheme redevelopment caved in, trapping around 40 workers. Roughly 28 people were rescued, with several hospitalized and some transferred to Lucknow for serious injuries; the iron shuttering had reportedly been laid only the day before it gave way.
Padappai Flyover: Multi-Year Delay
A 700-metre flyover at the Padappai junction, meant to relieve a stretch handling roughly 70,000 vehicles a day, was originally due in about 18 months from its 2019 start but was still only 50% complete as of February 2025, over five years later. Peak-hour congestion at the site now stretches up to a kilometre, taking commuters roughly 25 minutes to cross, with inadequate lighting cited as a safety hazard.
Atal Pedestrian Bridge: Glass Floor Cracks
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated this 300-metre pedestrian bridge over the Sabarmati as a flagship riverfront showpiece featuring a lit glass floor section. About seven months later, in April 2023, one of the toughened-glass panels developed internal cracks, reported as having "shattered internally", forcing officials to cordon off the spot even as the bridge stayed open to pedestrians.
Kalighat Skywalk: Four-Year Construction Delay
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation began building a "mega" skywalk to Kalighat Temple in 2021, displacing hawkers from the temple approach road and temporarily relocating around 195 traders to makeshift units at Jatin Das Park. Traders were told they would return to permanent stalls within 18 months, but the project dragged on for four years before keys to the new multi-storey market building were finally handed over on March 27, 2025.
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur ISBT: "Everything But Buses"
Billed as the country's first fully air-conditioned ISBT, this three-terminal, 1,900-bus-capacity facility opened in December 2016 but was reported within months to be finding "no takers": passengers continued using the older, dilapidated Phase VIII stand and Chandigarh's Sector 43 ISBT instead, and years later locals still described buses entering and exiting "without stopping" as almost no passengers were present.
Durgapur Barrage Bridge Disrepair
This bridge, a critical link carrying over 26,000 vehicles daily, went without major renovation for roughly 80 years before the West Bengal government finally ordered urgent repair work ahead of monsoon, citing poor condition.
Tarkhola–Kalimpong Teesta Bridge Collapse
A replacement bridge built to replace one destroyed by the October 2023 glacial lake outburst flood was itself washed away on February 20, 2024, about a week before planned completion, injuring three workers.
Jawali Bus Stand: 15 Years of Route to Nowhere
Inaugurated by then-CM Prem Kumar Dhumal in 2009, the bus stand has sat completely unused for roughly 15 years even though about 80 private and HRTC buses hold route permits for it, all of them instead stopping about a kilometer away at Keharian Chowk. With no maintenance ever performed, the site has no retaining wall and has become a garbage dumping ground, and the local market economy has visibly declined as a result.
JLN Marg Elevated Road Plan Scrapped Over Aesthetics
An elevated road planned along JLN Marg, already included in the state budget, was shelved after Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma raised aesthetic concerns about the corridor's appearance during a review meeting. The JDA has since pivoted to planning an alternative elevated road along Tonk Road instead, which would require removing the existing older flyovers at Gopalpura and Durgapura crossings.
Namma Metro Land-Cost Overrun
A CAG report tabled in August 2026 found that "improper estimation of land requirements," combined with prolonged delays in land acquisition, inflated Namma Metro's Phase 1 and 2 costs by over ₹6,600 crore. It also found BMRCL posted continuous cash losses from 2013-14 to 2021-22 and remains dependent on state government support to service its debt, with actual ridership falling well short of projections used to justify the heavy-metro design.
Noida Sector 82 City Bus Terminal: ₹158 Crore, Locked Gates
An eight-storey terminal built by the Noida Authority with waiting areas, a food court, ticketing counters and parking for 522 vehicles, meant to be the city's centralized bus transit hub operated by UPSRTC. Nearly five years after inauguration the main gate remains locked with no buses or passengers ever having used it; electricity and CCTV still run, but furniture and seating are deteriorating from disuse, as the Noida Authority failed to get either the state transport department or the central Ministry of Transport to take over operations.
Shimla Jubbarhatti Airport: Runway Shortfall
Perched at 2,196 metres and flanked by gorges, Shimla's table-top runway is roughly 300 metres short of the 1,500-metre length aviation experts say is the safe minimum, restricting it to small aircraft and non-scheduled flights. Runway expansion has been stalled for years by disputes over adjoining forest land and private property, and in December 2025 the Ministry of Civil Aviation confirmed Shimla as one of 15 UDAN airports nationwide with no scheduled flight operations.
Bailey Bridge Collapse Cuts Off 4,000+ Residents
A Bailey bridge in Chamoli district collapsed in June 2024, cutting off road access for more than 4,000 residents, illustrating the fragility of temporary/emergency bridge infrastructure relied upon across Uttarakhand's landslide-prone hill terrain.
Adampur Flyover
A flyover sanctioned in 2016 with a two-year completion target remains unfinished more than seven years later despite land acquisition and removal of over 120 encroachments in 2022; residents describe crippled local trade and a 2025 Lok Adalat petition alleging administrative indifference.
Ved-Variyav bridge
The newly inaugurated bridge developed visible cracks just 40 days after opening, part of a pattern of newly built Gujarat flyovers/bridges failing shortly after inauguration.
Tawde Hotel–Shivaji Bridge Flyover
A flyover meant to ease Kolhapur's growing traffic load received in-principle approval but has remained stuck for about two years because the municipal corporation has not appointed a design consultant, with disputes unresolved over who bears service-line relocation costs.
Bengaluru City Railway Station: Escalators Withdrawn Within Hours of Launch
Four escalators sanctioned in the 2009 Railway Budget at a cost of ₹3 crore were commissioned with fanfare at Bengaluru City railway station, but two of them were pulled out of service within hours after two elderly passengers fell while using them. Only three of the four planned escalators had even been installed at launch, with the fourth delayed to the following month.
Lakshman Jhula Shut as "Beyond Repair"
The 90-year-old suspension bridge was shut in 2019 after a PWD panel found it "not in a position to sustain any more load." Its ₹56-crore glass-floored replacement, Bajrang Setu, missed its July 2023 deadline and was still under construction (65% done, retargeted June 2025) more than three years after being commissioned; as of May 2026 Lakshman Jhula itself remained closed with no reopening date.
Porvorim Elevated Corridor: Work Slowed by Nearly Half
This 5.15 km six-lane elevated flyover on NH-66, meant to ease chronic congestion into Panaji and improve access to Mopa airport, has seen its completion deadline slip from November 2026 toward 2027. By October 2025 work had "slowed by nearly 50 percent," with only about 40% of the superstructure done, amid disputes over narrow right-of-way and restricted night-work hours.
White-Topped Road, HBR Layout
A freshly white-topped 200-metre stretch in HBR Layout's 5th Block deteriorated rapidly soon after completion, with residents citing garage and garbage encroachments, mosquito breeding from poor drainage, missing footpaths, and unfinished stormwater drains that raise fears of monsoon flooding.
Puri Heritage Corridor Temple Damage
As part of the Heritage Corridor project around the 12th-century Jagannath Temple, excavation by contractor OBCC allegedly destroyed archaeological remains and caused cracks in the Nata Mandap shrine, per a 70-page ASI affidavit in the Orissa High Court; ASI also found the project proceeded without valid National Monuments Authority permission.
Narwal ISBT: Jammu's Bus Terminal Nobody Uses
Built to decongest Jammu city by shifting all bus operations away from the old, centrally located general bus stand, the Narwal ISBT was used only briefly before both private and government buses reverted to the old bus stand, which passengers still preferred. Today it functions mainly as a parking lot for private buses and trucks; ticket counters sit deserted, and benches are occupied by stray dogs and slum dwellers, while city-center traffic congestion it was meant to fix persists.
Noida Metro Aqua Line
The Aqua Line, originally slated for May 2017 (then April 2018), did not open until January 2019. Its planned extension then stalled further: tenders were floated and cancelled three times between June 2020 and February 2021 due to poor contractor response.
AIIMS Darbhanga
An RTI response revealed that years after being conceptualised in 2015 and despite a PM-led foundation stone ceremony in November 2024, "significant infrastructure work, including the hospital building and academic blocks, has yet to commence" and remains pending further approvals. As of the RTI disclosure, only the main gate had actually been built.
Ejipura flyover
A precast concrete slab segment cracked and fell in 2024, injuring an auto-rickshaw driver, repeatedly halting construction pending IISc structural review.
Sumanahalli Flyover
Built by BDA between 2006 and 2010 on the Outer Ring Road with an intended 80-year design lifespan, the Sumanahalli flyover developed a gaping hole exposing the road below in 2019, less than a decade after opening, and again in later years. A 2020 third-party structural audit commissioned by BBMP found that although 29 inspected city flyovers (including this one) were structurally sound, "none of them was being regularly maintained."
Jagatsinghpur Modern Bus Stand: Built, Furnished, Never Opened
Nearly 18 months after construction was finished, this modern bus stand in Jagatsinghpur has never been operationalised because it was never formally handed over to the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC). Electrical fittings and furniture installed inside are deteriorating from disuse, the premises have reportedly become a gathering spot for anti-social elements, and passengers continue to wait for buses roadside with no shelter.
Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway Cracks Days After Inauguration
Roughly two weeks after its high-profile inauguration, the expressway's upper asphalt surface caved/cracked over a stretch of about 40 metres; viral photos later showed pedestal fans deployed on the road to dry out rain-soaked patchwork repairs, drawing sharp political criticism.
Commercial Street "Smart City" Makeover
Commercial Street was redone under the Smart Cities Mission's TenderSURE guidelines and inaugurated with fanfare in July 2021, but within hours rainwater could not drain and flooded neighbouring shops; within a week the street "wore its usual haggard look." Years later, pavements were still being dug up and the footpaths and carriageway redone.
Kukrail (Khurram Nagar) Flyover: 8 Years to Build 5.8km
The 5.8km, six-lane flyover was sanctioned in 2009 but took nearly eight years of construction, plagued by "several construction snags and other issues," before opening in March 2019, three weeks behind even its extended deadline.
Delisle Bridge (NM Joshi Bridge)
This 97-year-old bridge connecting Lower Parel's mill district over railway tracks was abruptly shut to all traffic on July 24, 2018, days after a portion of Andheri's Gokhale Bridge collapsed triggered a citywide review of aging bridges; an IIT-Bombay inspection found its steel girders, pillars and underframe severely corroded and unsafe. It was fully demolished by mid-February 2019 and replaced.
Gandhi Bazaar Smart City Parking Used as Car Showroom Storage
A four-storey multi-level parking complex built with ₹27 crore of Smart Cities Mission public funds to ease chronic parking shortages in the busy Gandhi Bazaar commercial district was, soon after opening, allegedly taken over in large part by a Mercedes-Benz dealership to store brand-new luxury vehicles, squeezing out the public parking it was built to provide. Residents said the diversion pushed ordinary motorists back onto roads, footpaths and outside homes and shops in the neighbourhood.
CSMT "Himalaya Bridge" foot overbridge collapse
A century-old-style foot overbridge near CSMT collapsed during evening rush hour in March 2019, killing 6 people and injuring dozens; the BMC had ignored a prior IIT-Bombay structural safety recommendation.
Namma Metro (BMRCL) under-construction pillar collapse
An under-construction Namma Metro pillar collapsed onto traffic, killing a mother and her 2-year-old son; four BMRCL officials and six others were later charged.
Signature Bridge
Delhi's iconic cable-stayed bridge took 14 years to complete against a 4-year target, marred by fatal construction accidents, cable-stay failures, and contractor disputes, with the budget ballooning several times over.
Vivekananda Road (Posta) flyover collapse
An under-construction flyover collapsed onto a crowded market street during a weekday, killing 27 people and injuring around 80; investigators found defects across design, construction, materials and supervision after 7 years of delays.
Majerhat bridge collapse
A more than 50-year-old bridge collapsed during evening traffic, killing 3 and injuring over 25; it had been flagged unsafe in a 2016 audit but received only "patchwork" bitumen repairs.
Varanasi flyover collapse
A girder of an under-construction flyover in the Prime Minister's constituency collapsed onto a busy market road during evening rush hour, crushing vehicles and killing 18 people.
Morbi suspension bridge collapse
A 143-year-old colonial-era suspension bridge, reopened days after a hasty and allegedly substandard renovation, collapsed under crowd weight on Oct 30, 2022, killing 135 people in India's deadliest bridge disaster.
Gambhira bridge collapse
A 40-year-old bridge collapsed suddenly during morning traffic, killing 22 people; initial findings pointed to structural failure from heavy use combined with inadequate maintenance and supervision.
Bomikhal flyover ("bridge to nowhere")
Meant to be finished within 2 years of its 2012 start, the flyover remained unfinished more than 6 years later after a mid-project design change (from an L-shape to a T-shape) drove massive cost overruns; two people died in separate structural-collapse incidents during construction.
Indrayani River footbridge collapse
A 32-year-old iron pedestrian bridge over the Indrayani river collapsed on June 15, 2025 under the weight of roughly 100 tourists/picnickers, despite warning boards restricting two-wheeler and overload use. Four people died and 18 were seriously injured; CM Devendra Fadnavis confirmed the district collector had already declared the bridge dangerous before the tragedy and a contract for a replacement bridge had begun.
Madurai–Natham Highway Flyover Collapse
On August 28, 2021, a portion of an under-construction flyover on the Madurai-Natham Highway Project collapsed while workers were on site, killing one worker and injuring another.
Aroor–Thuravoor Elevated Highway Girder Collapse
A steel girder fell onto a pickup van during overnight construction at Eramalloor on November 14, 2025, killing the driver. An NHAI panel found work "carried out in violation of Indian Roads Congress (IRC) safety norms," with serious security lapses by contractor Ashoka Buildcon; the road had stayed open during active girder-lifting. NHAI ordered a wider safety audit of other NH-66 stretches.
Hubballi Flyover (Hosur Cross–Channamma Circle)
Sanctioned in 2021, the flyover has missed deadline after deadline (pushed to August 2026) amid a police-station relocation dispute, a fatal construction accident, buried utility-line discoveries, and land/alignment objections. Authorities have threatened to blacklist the contractor.
NH-16 Flyover Beam Collapse
An under-construction flyover beam being erected as part of NH-16 highway-expansion works collapsed directly onto a moving car and truck, killing two people in the car's front seats and injuring two women passengers, one pregnant.
Kota Chambal Cable-Stayed Bridge Collapse
A partially built span of the under-construction cable-stayed bridge over the Chambal collapsed without warning on December 24, 2009, killing 48 workers and engineers. Construction was halted for years amid contractual dispute before resuming in 2014; the bridge was finally inaugurated by the PM in 2017, roughly eight years after the collapse.
Bhopal BRTS Corridor
The dedicated 24km bus corridor launched in 2013 recorded 121 accidents and 21 fatalities between 2016-2018, worsened congestion in adjoining lanes despite its own underuse, and hurt local businesses; years of pressure eventually led authorities to plan dismantling stretches.
NH-130 Under-Construction Bridge Collapse
A cement slab of an under-construction bridge on NH-130 near Podi village caved in on October 16, 2017, killing one worker and injuring seven, three critically. The bridge was being built by contractor Dilip Buildcon.
Chhatra Bazar–Malgodown Flyover Collapse
A portion of the flyover connecting Chhatra Bazar and Malgodown partially collapsed on March 9, 2022, killing at least two people (believed vegetable vendors/daily laborers working beneath) and injuring others, with some feared trapped under debris; residents said the structure had been "in a dilapidated condition."
Bhairabi–Sairang Railway Bridge Collapse
An under-construction railway bridge over the Kurung river collapsed on August 23, 2023 when a launching gantry gave way, killing at least 23-26 workers (mostly from Malda, West Bengal) in one of India's worst railway construction disasters.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge
A pedestrian section of this ageing bridge collapsed during monsoon rain on July 3, 2018, killing two people and injuring several others. Post-collapse structural audits eventually led to the entire bridge being shut to traffic in November 2022 and rebuilt. Reconstruction dragged on for years (a 2023 deadline was missed after late girder delivery from an Ambala factory), and even after a much-publicised "reopening" in February 2024, a 6-foot height misalignment between the new bridge and the adjoining C D Barfiwala flyover caused traffic chaos, requiring further realignment work guided by IIT-Bombay and VJTI before the bridge was finally fully operational on May 11, 2025, nearly 2.5 years after full closure and 7 years after the original collapse.
Elphinstone Road Foot Overbridge Stampede
During morning rush hour on September 29, 2017, a narrow, decades-old foot overbridge connecting Elphinstone Road and Parel stations became dangerously overcrowded when four trains arrived simultaneously during heavy rain; a panic-inducing rumor that the bridge was collapsing triggered a crush that killed at least 23 people and injured 39. Warnings about the bridge's inadequate capacity had reportedly been raised for years beforehand and ignored.
Manapakkam Metro Girder Collapse
On the night of June 12, 2025, a 40-foot concrete I-girder under construction for Chennai Metro Phase 2 collapsed from over 20 feet height after its supporting A-frame gave way, crushing a motorist, C. Ramesh (43), to death. It took rescue teams over five hours to retrieve his body from under the girder. Police booked contractor L&T and four of its officials under BNS Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).
Jaipur Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS): Abandoned and Dismantled
Jaipur's flagship BRTS, funded substantially by JNNURM, never delivered the 300 buses promised and built only two corridors: Sikar Road, chaotically designed with 11 junctions packed into 8km, and New Sanganer Road, which was "not operational at all." It recorded the lowest ridership of any Indian BRTS city, its median dedicated-lane design proved fatal for pedestrians, and its barricades were eventually ordered dismantled across the city.
New Delhi Railway Station: Stampede
A crowd crush on the general-ticket platforms of New Delhi Railway Station on the night of February 15-16, 2025 killed at least 18 people, including children, and injured many more amid a surge of Maha Kumbh-bound passengers, overcrowded footbridges, and last-minute platform changes. The tragedy exposed the station's inadequate crowd-handling infrastructure despite it being India's busiest station, handling roughly 400 trains and 450,000 footfalls daily.
Bardhaman Railway Station: Repeated Structural Collapses
An overhead water tank collapsed onto passengers waiting on joint platforms 2 and 3 at the century-old Bardhaman railway station on December 14, 2023, killing three people and injuring more than 30 others. This was the second major structural failure at the same station in under four years: in January 2020 a concrete structure from the station's main building had already collapsed, critically injuring people and killing one man who later succumbed to injuries.
Somanur Bus Stand: Roof Collapse (Sunshade With No Support Column)
A roughly 100-foot-long, 15-foot-deep concrete sunshade cantilevered off the main Somanur bus stand building collapsed on commuters sheltering from rain, killing at least 9 people and trapping around 20, with 7 admitted to a government hospital and more treated privately. An official confirmed the shade had "no supporting column" for its 15-foot span, and that days of continuous heavy rainfall likely weakened the unsupported structure until it gave way.
TNSTC Porayar Depot: Roof Collapse
A roof collapsed at the TNSTC Porayar branch depot, crushing at least 8 people to death and seriously injuring 3 others in morning hours. The incident, occurring at a state transport corporation facility, added to a string of bus-infrastructure roof failures in Tamil Nadu the same year, though detailed causes and follow-up structural findings were not widely publicized.
Mahad Savitri River Bridge Collapse
A century-old colonial-era bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed into the flooded Savitri river on the night of August 2-3, 2016, sweeping away two state transport buses and several other vehicles. At least 25-42 people died or were reported missing in one of India's deadliest bridge disasters, with search operations involving the Navy, Coast Guard and NDRF running for over a week.
Bantalab Bridge Collapse
An old bridge at Bantalab, whose foundations had been badly exposed by flash floods in August 2025, collapsed on the evening of May 1, 2026 while retaining-wall construction was underway, killing three labourers and injuring one. The state government suspended two officials, attached another, and blacklisted the contractor pending an inquiry.
Roop Nagar Foot Overbridge Collapse
A 60-foot iron foot overbridge spanning a drainage channel in Roop Nagar collapsed on the morning of March 17, 2026, sending a roughly 50-year-old woman into the nala below; she later died, and her body was recovered by Delhi Fire Service and NDRF teams after an extensive search.
Supaul Koshi River Bridge Collapse (Under Construction)
A span of an under-construction bridge over the Koshi river, built under the central Bharatmala project, collapsed while workers were setting it onto girders on March 22, 2024, killing one worker and injuring ten others. A central three-member team was deputed to investigate.