Review condition of bridges in Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: After the collapse of nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge in Gujarat's Morbi, chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the inspection and examination of all kinds of bridges in the state.
He asked the officials of the public works department and Uttar Pradesh Bridge Corporation Limited to carry out an audit of all suspension bridges, the ones supported by cables and others that are used by motor vehicles.
The report submitted by the departments will be reviewed by the chief minister's office.
In Uttar Pradesh, the last incident of bridge collapse was reported in Shahjahanpur district in November last year. While no casualties took place, the Kolaghat bridge connecting Shahjahanpur and Baduan had broken into three pieces and collapse.
As PWD maintains almost 2.9 lakh km of road stretch, it also has the mandate of keeping thousands of bridges built over canals, rivers and nullahs free of cracks and damages. The bridge corporation takes up big ticket projects such as the ones built over railway crossings and wide rivers and tributaries and those being planned around metro corridors. "Both the agencies have deputed officials to carry out survey of structures," a senior officer said.