Policy Framed For Inspection, Upkeep Of Bridges: Gujarat Tells High Court
NDTV
Four months after the collapse of a suspension bridge in Morbi town killed 135 people, the Gujarat government on Thursday told the High Court it has formulated a detailed, uniform policy regarding inspection and maintenance of major and minor bridges
Four months after the collapse of a suspension bridge in Morbi town killed 135 people, the Gujarat government on Thursday told the High Court it has formulated a detailed, uniform policy regarding inspection and maintenance of major and minor bridges located in urban areas.
The state, in an affidavit submitted before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav, said it issued a government resolution (GR) on March 6 regarding inspection and maintenance of major and minor bridges in areas under municipalities and municipal corporations.
The government told the Gujarat HC, hearing a suo motu (on its own) PIL on the October 30 crash of the suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi, that it has laid down a procedure for inspection of masonry structures twice a year, in May and October, that is before and after the monsoon.
Officers no less than the rank of a deputy executive engineer shall carry out inspections and prepare a report, on the basis of which executive engineers will physically check these structures, it said in the affidavit.