Ill-fated Mahad bridge was to be dismantled in December: Govt

August 10, 2016 19:10

Maharashtra government today said the ill-fated British era bridge on Savitri river at Mahad, which collapsed claiming over 20 lives, was supposed to be dismantled last December.

So far, 26 bodies have been recovered while nearly 14 are still missing and feared dead after two State Transport buses and some other vehicles fell in the river following the bridge collapse on Mumbai-Goa highway on August 2.

"This particular bridge was to be brought down last December but on public demand, it was kept in operation," Maharashtra PWD minister Chandrakant Patil told reporters here at Mantralaya.

The bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway comes under the National Highway Authority of India. Union Minister for Surface Transport, Nitin Gadkari soon after the Mahad tragedy

had announced that NHAI would reconstruct the bridge within 18

months.

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