Madhya Pradesh: British-era bridge collapses in Narmadapuram, traffic hit on Bhopal-Nagpur highway; no report of injuries

The incident took place when a 138-wheel lorry was crossing the narrow bridge, leading to the vehicle falling on the dry river bed

FP Staff April 10, 2022 20:45:21 IST

Madhya Pradesh: British-era bridge collapses in Narmadapuram, traffic hit on Bhopal-Nagpur highway; no report of injuries

Image showing the collapsed bridge. Twitter/@dmhoshangabad

Narmadapuram: A British-era bridge on the dry Sukthwa river in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram collapsed while a lorry was crossing on Sunday, leading to traffic disruption on the Bhopal-Nagpur national highway, a senior police official said.

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बैतूल भोपाल नेशनल हाईवे पर केसला ब्लॉक स्थित सुखतवा नदी पुल टूट जाने के कारण आवगमन पर रोक लगाई गई है। बैतूल से भोपाल की यात्रा करने वाले व भोपाल, होशंगाबाद इटारसी से बेतूल नागपुर की यात्रा करने वाले यात्री, यात्रा ना करें।#जिला_प्रशासन_नर्मदापुरम #JansamparkMP pic.twitter.com/eY4s49PqNn

— Collector Narmadapuram (@dmhoshangabad) April 10, 2022

The incident took place when a 138-wheel lorry was crossing the narrow bridge, leading to the vehicle falling on the dry river bed, Additional Superintendent of Police Awadhesh Pratap Singh told PTI over phone, adding that there were no report of injuries.

“The driver complained of some minor injury to the spleen but he left the spot soon after. Five more people who fell along with the vehicle are fine. The multi-axle lorry was bringing transformers from Hyderabad to Itarsi in Narmadapuram,” Singh said.

Traffic was being diverted via Harda to Betul following the accident at Sukthwa, some 70 kilometres from the district headquarters, he said.

नर्मदापुरम जिले के ब्लॉक केसला स्थित सूखतवा नदी पुल टूट जाने के कारण भोपाल बैतूल मार्ग पर आवागमन बाधित हो गया है। जिला प्रशासन नर्मदापुरम द्वारा इस मार्ग पर सुचारू आवागमन संचालन होने तक अन्य वैकल्पिक मार्ग की व्यवस्था की गई।
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— Collector Narmadapuram (@dmhoshangabad) April 10, 2022

Sources said some 5,000 vehicles use the 25-foot high bridge daily.

With inputs from PTI

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