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Bihar Bridges collapse: SC notice to Bihar govt, others on plea for structural audit

By Jhanak Sharma      29 July, 2024 12:51 PM      0 Comments
Bihar Bridges collapse SC notice to Bihar govt others on plea for structural audit

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Bihar government on a plea seeking an urgent intervention to save the lives of people, living in the uncertainty due to collapse of several exisiting and under construction bridges before its accomplishment in the routine manner in the state.

The plea filed by Brajesh Singh sought a direction to conduct highest level of structural audit of all such existing and under construction bridges in the state.

A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a response from the state government and the National Highways Authority of India.

The plea also contended, "Back to back collapse of the bridges in Bihar clearly indicates that there has been no lessons learnt and safety of critical infrastructure like bridges is not taken seriously and these routine incidents cannot be termed merely accidents as it is manmade disasters."

In June, 2024, within 11 days, four bridges had collapsed, majority of them under construction stage, putting the right to sound infrastructure, a facet of right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution under shadow due to inaction of the authorities, the plea contended.

Also Read: Plea in Supreme Court seeks structural audit of all bridges in Bihar following multiple collapses

The petitioner also said that it was a matter of grave concern that in the state like Bihar, which is the most flood-prone state of India, the total flood affected area in the state is 68,800 sq km, about 73.06% of the total geographical area of it, such routine accrual of the incident of falling bridges in Bihar is more disastrous as the lives of people at large at stake.

The plea by Singh also sought a direction to demolish or retrofit weak structure depending upon feasibility.

It also sought a direction to the Bihar government for making proper and effective policy or mechanism for real time monitoring of the bridges.

The petitioner said that day by day, the major incidents of unfortunate loss to human lives as well loss to public exchequer was happening, due to the gross negligence of the government and corrupt nexus of the contractors and concerned agencies.

He also asked the court to pass appropriate directions to the state government for making an efficient permanent body through legislation or executive order, comprising of high level experts from the concerned field for continuous monitoring of all the existing and under construction bridges.

Such a body should also be held responsible for maintaining the comprehensive database on the health of all the existing bridges in the state, the plea said.



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