A suspension bridge collapsed during construction in the Indian state of Bihar on June 4.
Reporting on the incident on June 4, ANI news agency said the suspension bridge is being built across the Ganges River in Bhagalpur district of Bihar state in eastern India.
According to the original plan, the construction process was to be completed in 2019. However, the project has been behind schedule and its completion date has been postponed many times, including the first time the bridge collapsed on April 30 last year due to heavy rain and strong winds.
"I felt a strong shaking here, it felt like an explosion. Then we found the bridge had collapsed," Rakesh Kumar, a local resident, told ANI about the second collapse.
ANI said eight men were on the bridge at the time of the collapse, and one guard was reported missing.
ANI video shows a section of the bridge partially submerged under water, with only a few pillars and cables protruding to show the previous location of the collapsed section.
“We have conducted an investigation and I have reported the findings to the district administration,” Amit Raj, a government official, told ANI.
Speaking to reporters on June 5, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pledged to take "strict action". "The bridge was not built properly, that's why it collapsed. It should have been made stronger," he said.
In October last year, a colonial-era suspension bridge collapsed in the town of Morbi in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds of people plunging into the Machchhu River below. 135 people died in the tragedy.
The bridge had been reopened just days earlier after months of repairs.
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