Road cave-in near Jagraon bridge due to wild growth of trees: Experts
A day after a portion of the Jagraon Bridge’s approach road, from Vishwakarma Chowk towards Railway Station Road, caved in, municipal corporation (MC) officials said it was caused by wild growth of plants/trees which damaged the retaining wall of the approach road.
The area was inspected by experts from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) on Tuesday. They said that roots of the trees had damaged the retaining wall and there may have been soil erosion due to the rainfall, causing the road to cave-in.
On suggestion of the GNDEC experts, MC staff has started removing the wild growth of trees around the wall of the approach road and the process has been initiated to repair the retaining wall.
