<p>In the fourth accident of its kind in just over a week, a bridge caved in &nbsp;at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/baltimore-port-reopens-11-weeks-after-bridge-collapse-23353923" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kishanganj district</a> in Bihar on Thursday, reported PTI citing officials.&nbsp;</p>
<p>No one was injured in the incident, he said.</p>
<p>"The bridge was built in 2011 over Madiya, a small tributary that connects the Kankai river to the Mahananda. Heavy rainfall in the catchment area in Nepal has led to a sudden rise in the water level. One of the pillars of the bridge could not withstand the strong current," District Magistrate Tushar Singla said.</p>
<p>The bridge, situated in Bahadurganj block, was 70 meters long and 12 meters wide, he said reported PTI.</p>
<p>Both ends of the bridge have been barricaded to prevent any type of movement while repair work was on, he added.</p>
<p>As per the PTI report, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/third-bridge-collapse-in-a-week-in-bihar-23356167" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">three incidents of bridge collapse</a> were reported last week from Araria, Siwan and Araria districts.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-collapsed-bihar-bridge-contractor-is-building-gmlr-23290655" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Mumbai: Collapsed Bihar bridge contractor is building GMLR</strong></a></p>
<p>SP Singla Constructions, which was constructing the now-collapsed bridge in Bihar, is currently building three bridges as part of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR). While a Congress leader has demanded the contractor&rsquo;s removal, the BMC is confident that there won&rsquo;t be any error because civic officials are constantly monitoring the work. SP Singla Construction Pvt. Ltd. was, on December 20, 2021, awarded a contract of R666.06 crore to build the flyovers.</p>
<p>SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd., which was awarded the contract on December 20, 2021, is building a six-tier flyover at Ratnagiri Hotel chowk in Goregaon, circular elevated way at Khindipada in Mulund and another six-tier flyover at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/special-mumbai-6-years-on-gokhale-bridge-victims-kin-awaits-railway-job-23340392" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hedgewar chowk</a> in Mulund, according to officials.</p>
<p>Congress leader Ravi Raja, the former corporator and former leader of opposition in the BMC, has sent a letter to civic commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, seeking to halt the work by the contractor.</p>
<p>In his letter, Raja mentioned, &ldquo;The same company was constructing the bridge over the river Ganga in Bhagalpur district of Bihar which collapsed on Sunday. The bridge collapsed due to a design and technical error. Even earlier, the bridge had collapsed while under construction. It has been found that the construction of the company is of very poor quality.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Stating that the contractor has already started the work on GMLR bridges, Raja cautioned that the Bihar incident could repeat. &ldquo;Therefore, the municipal corporation should not give any work to this company and the work should be reviewed,&rdquo; he said, while demanding that the firm be blacklisted.</p>
<p>BMC Additional Commissioner P Velrasu, however, said, &ldquo;Both [Bihar and GMLR] works cannot be compared, as they are technically different. The GMLR work is being monitored by the BMC&rsquo;s Bridges Department as well as a third party, PMC Technogem. I have also instructed the Bridges Department&rsquo;s chief engineer to review the work this week again.&rdquo;</p>
<p>According to the contract, SP Singla is also responsible for maintenance of the bridges for five years after completion. The contract also included reconstruction of a two-lane subway at Tansa pipeline.</p>
<p>The company is also involved in the work of structuring and construction of a 592-metre-long permanent cable-stayed bridge at Basohli on river Ravi in Jammu and Kashmir.</p>
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In the fourth accident of its kind in just over a week, a bridge caved in  at Kishanganj district in Bihar on Thursday

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The bridge is situated over a small tributary that connects the Kankai river to the Mahananda. As heavy rainfall in the catchment area in Nepal has led to a sudden rise in the water level, one of the pillars of the bridge could not withstand the strong current

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