Bridge collapse: JD-U MLA levels serious allegations

PATNA: While the Bihar government has launched a probe after an under-construction bridge collapsed in Bhagalpur on Sunday, JD-U MLA Sanjeev Kumar has levelled serious allegations against the additional chief secretary of road construction department, Pratyay Amrit, who has been entrusted with the task of conducting the inquiry.

Calling Amrit the ‘real culprit’, Kumar asked that how could the truth come out if the probe is conducted by him. “The matter needs to be investigated by a sitting judge of the Patna High Court, and an FIR should be filed against Pratyay Amrit,” Kumar said.

The four-lane bridge connecting Sultanganj in Bhagalpur and Aguwani in Khagaria district collapsed for the second time on Sunday. In April 2022, the structure of the bridge had collapsed due to strong wind and rain. The deadline to complete the bridge has been missed for eight times so far.

Kumar, the JD-U MLA from Parbatta in Khagaria district, was the one who had highlighted cracks in the pillars of the bridge on the floor of the Assembly in March. At that time, RJD leader and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav had replied that action will be taken against the construction company and things will be rectified.

“After corruption surfaced for the first time last year, I had met Pratyay Amrit and showed him photographs of the cracks in the pillars but he refused to accept the fact. He showed me a video of a pillar and said that the crack had appeared there and the construction company had demolished the pillar and constructed a new one. The same pillar collapsed on Sunday,” Kumar said. (IANS)

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