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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.
The official record states: "AMC Bridge Project Department engineer Jignesh Shah attributed the visible damage to "temperature variations affecting the expansion joints" and said a detailed inspection would check for "any underlying technical flaw in the main span structure.""
“The footpath split down the incline after a weekend of rain, right beside the bullet-train station.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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Visitor reviews Satire
“The footpath split right down the incline after one weekend of rain, with slabs pushed out at the curve.”
“AMC's own pre-monsoon inspection flagged the expansion joints and then postponed the work because the traffic was heavy.”
“Walked across beside the bullet train station site. One project is the future of Indian rail and the other is coming apart underfoot.”
