An engineer appointed by the Mamata Banerjee government to inspect the Tallah bridge has said the structure is in a “rotten” condition and should be demolished, officials said.
The engineer has also said in his report that even light vehicles should not be allowed on the north Calcutta bridge for more than two months, by when all necessary traffic diversions must be worked out.
V.K. Raina, who was once a consultant to the United Nations and World Bank, had inspected the bridge on October 3 and handed over his report to chief secretary Rajiva Sinha on Wednesday.
Sources aware of the content of the report told Metro that Raina had described the condition of the bridge as “rotten” and expressed the fear that the structure might collapse any moment.
