On record
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.
The official record states: "An expert investigation noted the lack of a major flood event "suggests potential irregularities in the quality of construction," but no final official cause was published."
“A hundred metres into the Mechi with the river at normal level: Bihar's eleventh collapse in three years.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
Visitor reviews Satire
“A hundred metres of span went into the Mechi with the river at a perfectly normal level.”
“The eleventh bridge to fall in Bihar in three years, and the experts note that without a flood there is nothing to blame but the work.”
“Part of a fifteen-hundred-crore widening, and the widening now includes the river.”
