Under Construction Bridge Collapses in Bihar, 1 Dead, 30 Trapped

Patna: One person died and around 30 workers are feared to be trapped as an under-construction bridge collapsed in Bihar’s Supaul.

The under-construction bridge collapsed at the construction site near Maricha at around 7 am today. Authorities fear that 30 workers were trapped under the debris.

According to reports, the bridge was being built over the river Kosi at an expenditure of Rs 984 crore.

In a similar incident, an under-construction bridge in Bihar’s Bhagalpur had also collapsed. The four-lane bridge constructed over the river Ganges supposed to link Bhagalpur and Khagaria districts had crashed down. The under-construction bridge, a portion of which caved in, involved a cost of over Rs 1,700 crore and was supposed to be completed by 2019.