Bengal govt to conduct health check-up of all the 2,109 bridges in state

The West Bengal government has planned to carry out a “health check-up” of all 2,109 bridges in the state, after the collapse of a nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge in Gujarat, which left over 130 people dead, a senior official said.

State Public Works Department Minister Pulak Roy, during a meeting with senior officials and engineers, instructed them to inspect the condition of the bridges and file reports with necessary observations by November-end, he said on Tuesday.

Roy directed the engineers to take immediate measures “if the survey finds problems in any of the bridges”, the official stated.