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Fatal Collapse — 48 dead

Kota Chambal Cable-Stayed Bridge Collapse

Fatal incident — no rating on this entry⌖ Over the Chambal River, near Kota Barrage, NH-76, KotaEntry #01 in Kota
Kota Chambal Cable-Stayed Bridge Collapse — photo 1

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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.

The official record states: "RTI findings cited in later reporting attributed the collapse to contractor "inexperience" in cable-stayed bridge construction."

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Sources

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Chambal_Bridge
  • https://www.enr.com/articles/4686-india-bridge-collapse-leaves-owner-baffled
Blunderlust RecordBL/KOT/2000/BRI
Status
Collapsed during construction (2009); took ~8 more years to finish
Category
Bridge
State
Rajasthan
Year
Construction began early 2000s; collapsed Dec 24, 2009; completed Aug 29, 2017
Cost to taxpayers
Not specified
Lives lost
48

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