Sneak peak into major bridge collapse incidents in India in recent past
As Gujarat reels from one of the deadliest bridge collapse incidents in India’s recent history, claiming at least 134 lives, PTI recalls other such tragic episodes that have shocked the nation in the past several years.
According to a 2020 study ‘Analysis of bridge failures in India from 1977 to 2017’, published in international journal ‘Structure and Infrastructure Engineering’, as many as “2,130 bridges” — excluding culverts and pedestrian bridges — have failed to provide intended service or collapsed during various phases of construction in the last four decades.
1. Darjeeling bridge collapse (2011): Thirty-two people were killed and over 60 injured when an old wooden footbridge over a spring gave away, under the pressure of crowd, during a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) meeting at Bijanbari in Darjeeling district on October 22, 2011.
