Patna: Teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on boats conducted an inspection of the river Ganga after a Aguwani-Sultanganj underconstruction bridge built over it collapsed in Bhagalpur district, informed SDRF Sub-Inspector Birendra Kumar.
The SDRF personnel conducted the inspection on Monday morning to ensure no human life was left trapped, he added. However, a woman claimed that one of her family members was working as a guard at the site at the time of the incident and since then he is missing. He was on duty under pillar number 10, the woman said. The missing person is identified as Vikash Kumar.
"Four boats of SDRF are here...two on one side and two on the other, all boats are conducting an inspection to ensure that no one is left trapped here. Three pillars got damaged from the Sultanganj's side which comes under Bhagalpur district. Earlier also damage had happened at the same location. For now, no injuries or casualties are reported," said Birendra Kumar.
Responding to the missing complaint Chandan Kumar, CO Parbatta, Khagaria said, "After the bridge collapse, a person working as a guard with SP Singla Company is said to be missing. His body has not been recovered yet. Search by SDRF & NDRF teams is underway to trace him."
The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a probe into the collapse of the under-construction bridge in Bhagalpur. (with ANI inputs)
