Mangaluru: A bridge constructed across river Phalguni at Mullarapatna connecting Mangaluru and Bantwal collapsed on Monday.
Officials from the district management rushed to the spot and took be aware of things. In view of safety functions, police had been deployed on each side of the bridge. Visit to the realm or walk on the final part of the bridge has been restricted.
“Under no circumstance is a person allowed to mine sand at a minimal radius of 500 metres from a bridge. However, in Mullarapatna, sand is being mined unchecked since a number of years,” a local alleged claiming that rampant sand mining had eroded the foundation of the structure inflicting the pillars to collapse.
The media had in August closing yr reported that pillars of the bridge at Mullarapatna were visible from their base because of unchecked sand mining. Though mechanized extraction of sand is banned in the district, miners had been deploying excavators and other machineries to remove sand in each Nethravathi and Phalguni rivers, considered the lifelines of the people right here.
“It might not be fallacious if one calls Mullarapatna a hub of sand mafia. Illegal sand mining is being undertaken proper under the nostril of government officers,” every other native mentioned.
Farangipete, 10th mile, Thumbay, lower Thumbay, Brahmarakootlu, Talapady, Shanti Angadi, Saralpady, Ajilamagaru, Shambhooru and Mullarapatna are some of the other key areas in Bantwal the place sand mining is rampant.
It is also recalled that a formative years had died on this house all over a police raid. In a bid to escape the police, the formative years jumped into the river thinking he could swim towards safety. However, he fell right into a pit that was created in the river because of excess sand mining and died.
The bridge was instrumental in connecting Bantwal to quite a lot of places, including Mangaluru, Kuppepedav, Kaikamba, Kateel, Iruvailu, Ganjimutt, Yedapadav and Surathkal by way of Sornadu.
No casualties had been reported.
Officials from the district management rushed to the spot and took be aware of things. In view of safety functions, police had been deployed on each side of the bridge. Visit to the realm or walk on the final part of the bridge has been restricted.
“Under no circumstance is a person allowed to mine sand at a minimal radius of 500 metres from a bridge. However, in Mullarapatna, sand is being mined unchecked since a number of years,” a local alleged claiming that rampant sand mining had eroded the foundation of the structure inflicting the pillars to collapse.
The media had in August closing yr reported that pillars of the bridge at Mullarapatna were visible from their base because of unchecked sand mining. Though mechanized extraction of sand is banned in the district, miners had been deploying excavators and other machineries to remove sand in each Nethravathi and Phalguni rivers, considered the lifelines of the people right here.
“It might not be fallacious if one calls Mullarapatna a hub of sand mafia. Illegal sand mining is being undertaken proper under the nostril of government officers,” every other native mentioned.
Farangipete, 10th mile, Thumbay, lower Thumbay, Brahmarakootlu, Talapady, Shanti Angadi, Saralpady, Ajilamagaru, Shambhooru and Mullarapatna are some of the other key areas in Bantwal the place sand mining is rampant.
It is also recalled that a formative years had died on this house all over a police raid. In a bid to escape the police, the formative years jumped into the river thinking he could swim towards safety. However, he fell right into a pit that was created in the river because of excess sand mining and died.
The bridge was instrumental in connecting Bantwal to quite a lot of places, including Mangaluru, Kuppepedav, Kaikamba, Kateel, Iruvailu, Ganjimutt, Yedapadav and Surathkal by way of Sornadu.
No casualties had been reported.
Bridge built across river Phalguni collapses
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