Road bridge collapses in Purnea after concrete work starts

Patna, May 15 An under-construction road bridge of Bihar's Purnea district collapsed four hours after concretisation early on Monday.

The local villagers alleged that the contractor and the engineers were using lower quality materials which led to the accident.

"After the installation of pillars, the concretisation of the bridge was started around 11 p.m. on Sunday. It took around three hours to complete the road concretization and it collapsed around 4 p.m. The engineering aspect during the installation of pillars was also not correct. Some of the pillars are not upright. This could also be the reason for the bridge collapse," said Javej Alam, a local resident.

The road bridge is located on Salim Chowk at Fatki-Baria road in the Bayasi block of the district.

Contacted, Ram Babu Gupta, the executive engineer of the project, said: "We have no knowledge of concretisation being taking place on the road bridge. We have initiated an inquiry and reasons of the accident will be ascertained only after the investigation."

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