A major portion of land on Tuesday caved-in near one of the abutments of Dand Kadal, a two-decade-old bridge in Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, due to which people here are in danger.
Last month in Batagund area of Langate, flashfloods damaged a 25-year-old bridge following which district administration suspended traffic over it to thwart any untoward incident.
Locals said that if immediate preventive measures are not taken, the bridge might collapse which would cut off several villages from Tehsil headquarters besides providing disastrous for the commuters.
“After the administration suspended traffic on Batagund Bridge most of the people started to commute via this bridge.