A bailey bridge caved in the National Highway 208 at Eararpar under the South Manik bhander area of Kamalpur sub-division after a heavily loaded truck tried to cross over it late on Friday night.
The incident caused serious inconvenience to the people as vehicular movement through the route that connects Khowai-Kailashahar-Kumarghat came to a standstill.
According to police, at around 11 pm on Friday night, a truck carrying a consignment of broiler feed of 10 tonnes entered the Bailey bridge. The Agartala bound truck was bearing registration no PB- 65-AS-2415.
According to eyewitnesses, hearing a loud noise nearby villagers came out and witnessed that the bridge came crashing down. They wasted no time and rescued the driver and the co-driver, a local villager said. Police were also informed on Friday.
However, on Saturday, the fire brigade, police, and NHIDCL officials rushed to the spot. It was later decided that the NHIDCL would shortly re-construct the bridge with restrictions for heavily loaded vehicles to ply over the bridge.
The driver revealed that due to the dangerous condition of Bipin Setu Ambassa on NH 08, Assam-Agartala highway police advised him to take the long route through the Ambassa-Maracharra road. From Durga chowmuhani he took the path that took him to the bridge and the accident took place. The driver from Shiliguri had little idea of the condition of the roads of Tripura.
However, locals held the NHIDCL responsible for the incident and said that due to the lack of regular maintenance on the NHIDCL and PWD, such incidents were taking place. A demand had been raised from the locals to make necessary arrangements so that such incidents do not occur again.
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