Public Works Minister Gopal Bhargava has suspended Manager (Engineer) S.P. Dubey with immediate effect and ordered departmental action against the then District Manager Pawan Arora and Assistant General Manager D.K. Jain (retired) following collapse of the approach road of the bridge over Kaliasot river near Gauharganj on the Bhopal-Jabalpur national highway. Also, instructions have been issued to blacklist CDS India Limited, the company that designed and built the bridge and the Project Consultant Theme Engineer. He said that the entire damage would be compensated by the concerned construction agency.
Principal Secretary Public Works Neeraj Mandloi said that on receiving information about the incident, a team of senior technical experts has been sent to the spot.
