Bridge in poll bound Bihar washed away before inauguration

A long cherished dream of thousands of residents of about a dozen villages of Dighalbank block of Kishanganj district in Bihar got shattered when an almost complete bridge was washed away in the current of Kankai river on Wednesday. Locals have demanded a high-level probe into the collapse and stringent punishment for those involved in the building of the bridge.

The bridge was being built at Godabari of Pattharghatti panchayat of Dighalbank block of Kishanganj district at a cost of Rs 1.42 crore. The construction of the bridge started in June last year (2019) and it took a year for it to be completed; it was awaiting inauguration when it got washed away in the current of Kankai river.