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.
On record
The official record states: "A local MLA attributed the collapse to "rampant illegal sand mining using heavy machinery" near the pipeline crossing, compounded by unscientific riverbed extraction and dam-discharge increases."
Filed as "Collapsed" and dated to 1985 built; collapsed 2025, this entry sits under the "Not specified" line of the public accounts.
What to expect
- A structure best photographed from a respectful distance.
- Warning boards whose advice was, at some point, overtaken by events.
- A view of the water that residents did not ask to have this closely.
- Contractor signage, still standing, credit unclear.
Sourcing
1 public source — news reports, RTI replies and civic archives — corroborate this entry. The citation trail is listed below for anyone who would like to follow up with the department concerned.
“Built to a deadline that nobody, in the end, observed.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
Visitor reviews
“Went on a weekday morning and had the entire place to myself. The budget document is visibly thicker than the deck.”
“Drove past the inauguration hoarding to reach the actual site. It is 'temporarily' closed, in the municipal sense of temporary.”
“Followed a forwarded message all the way to the barricade. The only thing on schedule here was the mobilisation advance.”