After Gujarat Tragedy, Bengal Plans "Health Check-Up" Of Its 2,109 Bridges
NDTV
State Public Works Department minister Pulak Roy, during a meeting with senior officials and engineers, instructed them to inspect the condition of the bridges.
The West Bengal government has decided to conduct a "health check-up" of all 2,109 bridges in the state, after the collapse of a nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge in Gujarat, which left over 130 people dead, a senior official said.
State Public Works Department minister Pulak Roy, during a meeting with senior officials and engineers, instructed them to inspect the condition of the bridges and file reports with necessary observations by November-end, he said.
Roy directed the engineers to take immediate measures "if the survey finds problem in any of the bridges", the official stated.
At the meeting, a decision was taken to repair at the earliest the Coronation Bridge in Siliguri, and the Birendra Sasmal Setu across Kangsabati, the official said.
