Gujarat: Gambhira bridge divided into two pieces and many people in the river, waiting for the accident

The 45 -year -old Gambhira bridge on the Mahisagar river connecting the Padra and Anand districts of Vadodara collapsed this morning, causing a stir. In this incident, four vehicles, including two trucks, a bolero jeep and a jeep, fell into the Mahi river flowing on both sides. In which 13 people have been reported to have been killed so far. While many people have also been saved. It has been told that this accident happened due to administrative negligence and when this incident happened, a crowd of people from nearby villages including Mujpur gathered on the spot. People helped save people drowning in the river.

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40 -year -old bridge was dilapidated

NM Naikavala, Executive Engineer has reported that the age of this bridge was 100 years, it was rebuilt in 85 – 86, according to which it was repaired last year and was also patching in the current year. When this accident happened on the Gambhira bridge, many vehicles were coming on the bridge and the bridge was divided into two parts. About 5 vehicles fell into it due to the collapse of the bridge. It was also approved to construct a new bridge at a cost of Rs 212 crore. The bridge was built 40 years ago on the Mahi river passing by Mujpur village in Padra taluka connecting Anand district. Which is known as Padra-Gambhira Bridge. This bridge was dilapidated for the last several years. Local residents say that when the vehicles passed through it, the bridge would move dangerous.

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Currently, police and disaster response teams are conducting relief operations. Six of the 10 people who have been confirmed so far have been identified – Vedic Padiyar (45), Moral Padiyar (45), Hasmukh Parmar (32), Ramesh Padiyar (32), Wakhsinh Jadhav (26) and Praveen Jadhav (26).

A living example of administrative apathy

The collapse of the Gambhira bridge is another example of administrative apathy that has killed people. The bridge was built in 1985 i.e. 40 years ago and was operational despite having a dilapidated situation. It seems as if he was waiting for a big disaster. Following the recommendation of local BJP MLA Chaitanya Singh Jala, the state government approved the construction of a new bridge. The survey was also conducted and work on the plan to construct the new bridge started. Meanwhile, Gambhira bridge was repaired and kept open to traffic. After today’s tragedy, the question arises as to why the government did not close the dilapidated bridge. If this was the case, there would not have been the deaths of citizens today.

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