On record
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.
The official record states: "A state Irrigation department official said work was undertaken "as per instruction of the honourable chief minister...before the onset of full monsoon," implicitly acknowledging decades of deferred maintenance."
“Twenty-six thousand vehicles a day for eighty years before anyone scheduled its first overhaul.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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Visitor reviews Satire
“Twenty-six thousand vehicles a day for eighty years, and this is the bridge's first serious overhaul.”
“The repairs finally started because the Chief Minister said so, not because anyone inspected it in the preceding decades.”
“Crossed towards Bankura between barricades on a 1955 structure that has been essential and ignored in equal measure.”
