SC transfers plea for incidents to collapse the bridge to Bihar to Patna HC

New Delhi, the Supreme Court transferred on Wednesday to the High Court Pila, which raised concerns about the safety and longevity of Bihar bridges, after several of them have collapsed in recent months.

Sc transfers plea for incidents to collapse the bridge in Bihar to Patna HC

A bank that includes the chief judge Sanjiv Khanna and Judge Sanjay Kumar said that the High Court Patna can, preferably monthly, monitor the measures taken to ensure the structural and safety audits of the state bridges.

The bank asked the petitioner and lawyer Piljesh Singh, the state authorities and the National Authority of Highways in India to appear before the High Court on May 14, when the next hearings will be set.

In a short hearing, the state government said he inspected about 10,000 bridges in the state.

“We went through the counter. The transfer of the case to Patna. In the counteract declaration, they provided details about what they do …,” said the bank.

On November 18 last year, the Sus court granted the last opportunity to the Bihar government and others to submit its response to Pila on this topic.

Prior to that, the Singh petitioner moved the court by looking out of the head to bring record records and additional documents to highlight the bold state of Bihar bridges.

The courtyard, on July 29, 2024, sought answers from the Bihar government and others, including Nhai about pleading.

Pil sought directions for a structural audit and the establishment of an expert panel to identify bridges that can be consolidated or demolished based on its conclusions.

In addition to the state and Nhai, the higher court of July last year also issued notifications to the additional chief secretary of the Road Construction Department, Bihara Pul Norman Norman Nigam Limited and the Chief Secretary of the Department of Rural Works.

Ten bridge collapse incidents were reported in the districts of Siwan, Saran, Madhubani, Araria, East Champaran and Kishanganj, from May to July, last year. Many have argued that heavy rainfall could have led to incidents.

Pil has raised concerns about the safety and longevity of bridges in the state which is usually the witness of rains and abundant floods during the monsoon.

In addition to creating a group of high level experts, it also sought real -time monitoring of bridges, according to the parameters established by the Ministry of the Union of Road Transport and Highways.

The petitioner stressed that Bihar is the most prone to floods in India. He mentioned that the total area affected by the floods is 68,800 km, which represents 73.06 percent of its total geographical area.

“Therefore, such a routine accumulation of the falling incident in Bihar is more disastrous, because the lives of people in general is at stake. Therefore, the urgent intervention of this court is necessary to save people’s lives, as bridges under construction before its realization is commonly collapsed,” the pleading.

In view of the incidents of collapse of the bridge, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar guided the rural construction departments and rural works to carry out a poll on all the old bridges in the state and to identify those who need immediate repairs.

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