Mahad Bridge

Weeks after a bridge collapsed under the weight of a passing truck in Manipur, the government said there were scores of bridges across the country that could come crumbling down. "Over 100 bridges can collapse anytime and they need immediate attention," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told Lok Sabha, according to news agency Pres...

The work of rebuilding the British-era Mahad bridge, which had collapsed in August last year and claimed around 30 lives, is almost done and it is likely to be opened for public from June 5 this year.

Two highly decomposed bodies, suspected to be those of Mahad bridge collapse incident victims, have been found at Velas beach in Ratnagiri district, nearly 60 km away from the mishap site, district authorities said in Mumbai today.

Navy divers today, the 11th day of search operation found the wreckage of a washed away SUV and recovered two bodies trapped inside it, taking the number of deaths in the Mahad bridge collapse to 28 even as 12 people are still missing.

Naval divers today located wreckage of the second MSRTC bus which was washed away in the turbulent Savitri river near Mahad in Raigad district after a British-era bridge collapsed on August 2.

Navy divers confronted crocodiles and strong currents to locate the wreckage of two buses that fell into a river after a century-old bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa highway.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) today said it will conduct inspection of all its old bridges to avert Maharashtra like tragedy, in which a British era bridge across Savitri river at Mahad collapsed over a week ago.

The Maharashtra government had planned to dismantle the ill-fated British era bridge across Savitri river at Mahad, whose collapse over a week ago claimed 26 lives.

Rescue personnel today braved high water current and crocodile hotbeds in Savitri River to trace those missing after the bridge collapse near Mahad in Raigad district even as anxious relatives expressed anger over the pace of the search operation.

Maharashtra government today ruled out the possibility that the Mahad bridge collapse incident, which has claimed several lives, was the fallout of sand mining in the Savitri river.

Shiv Sena today took potshots at Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the Mahad tragedy, saying he should stop aerial visits to mishap sites and demanded Guardian ministers be barred from flying inside the state to understand its road and bridge conditions.

Two more bodies were recovered today during the search operation in Savitri river where two state-run buses and some private vehicles were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed in Mahad, taking the toll in the tragedy to 24.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced a judicial probe into the Mahad bridge collapse following which three persons drowned and 19 others are missing.

The bodies of three women, a bus driver and five others have been found after a British-era bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra on Tuesday night.

More than 30 hours after a bridge collapsed on the highway that connects Mumbai and Goa, the body of a bus driver has been located 100 km from the point of disaster. At least 20 other people remain missing, despite expert divers searching the river Savitri which runs 40 feet deep and is swirling with dangerous monsoon currents.

Weeks after a bridge collapsed under the weight of a passing truck in Manipur, the government said there were scores of bridges across the country that could come crumbling down. "Over 100 bridges can collapse anytime and they need immediate attention," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told Lok Sabha, according to news agency Pres...

The work of rebuilding the British-era Mahad bridge, which had collapsed in August last year and claimed around 30 lives, is almost done and it is likely to be opened for public from June 5 this year.

Two highly decomposed bodies, suspected to be those of Mahad bridge collapse incident victims, have been found at Velas beach in Ratnagiri district, nearly 60 km away from the mishap site, district authorities said in Mumbai today.

Navy divers today, the 11th day of search operation found the wreckage of a washed away SUV and recovered two bodies trapped inside it, taking the number of deaths in the Mahad bridge collapse to 28 even as 12 people are still missing.

Naval divers today located wreckage of the second MSRTC bus which was washed away in the turbulent Savitri river near Mahad in Raigad district after a British-era bridge collapsed on August 2.

Navy divers confronted crocodiles and strong currents to locate the wreckage of two buses that fell into a river after a century-old bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa highway.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) today said it will conduct inspection of all its old bridges to avert Maharashtra like tragedy, in which a British era bridge across Savitri river at Mahad collapsed over a week ago.

The Maharashtra government had planned to dismantle the ill-fated British era bridge across Savitri river at Mahad, whose collapse over a week ago claimed 26 lives.

Rescue personnel today braved high water current and crocodile hotbeds in Savitri River to trace those missing after the bridge collapse near Mahad in Raigad district even as anxious relatives expressed anger over the pace of the search operation.

Maharashtra government today ruled out the possibility that the Mahad bridge collapse incident, which has claimed several lives, was the fallout of sand mining in the Savitri river.

Shiv Sena today took potshots at Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the Mahad tragedy, saying he should stop aerial visits to mishap sites and demanded Guardian ministers be barred from flying inside the state to understand its road and bridge conditions.

Two more bodies were recovered today during the search operation in Savitri river where two state-run buses and some private vehicles were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed in Mahad, taking the toll in the tragedy to 24.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced a judicial probe into the Mahad bridge collapse following which three persons drowned and 19 others are missing.

The bodies of three women, a bus driver and five others have been found after a British-era bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra on Tuesday night.

More than 30 hours after a bridge collapsed on the highway that connects Mumbai and Goa, the body of a bus driver has been located 100 km from the point of disaster. At least 20 other people remain missing, despite expert divers searching the river Savitri which runs 40 feet deep and is swirling with dangerous monsoon currents.