Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister, Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday blamed low-quality construction material for the collapse of a bridge in Bhagalpur district of Bihar.
A section of the bridge which connected Sultanganj in Bhagalpur district to Khagaria in Munger district collapsed on April 29.
The Bihar government officials submitted a report to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways wherein it mentioned that the bridge had collapsed due to strong wind and fog.
“Recently, a bridge collapsed in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district. When I asked my secretary about that incident, he, on the basis of the report, said the bridge collapsed due to wind and fog,” Gadkari said while addressing people at an event in New Delhi.
