Morbi suspension bridge that had collapsed. File Pic/ PTI

Four months after the collapse of a suspension bridge in Morbi city of Gujarat killed 135 folks, the Gujarat authorities on Thursday instructed the High Court it has formulated an in depth, uniform coverage relating to inspection and upkeep of main and minor bridges situated in city areas.

The state, in an affidavit submitted earlier than a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav, mentioned it issued a authorities decision (GR) on March 6 relating to inspection and upkeep of main and minor bridges in areas underneath municipalities and municipal firms.

The authorities instructed the Gujarat HC, listening to a suo motu (by itself) PIL on the October 30 crash of the suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi, that it has laid down a process for inspection of masonry buildings twice a 12 months, in May and October, that’s earlier than and after the monsoon.

Officers a minimum of the rank of a deputy govt engineer shall perform inspections and put together a report, on the premise of which govt engineers will bodily test these buildings, it mentioned within the affidavit.

Inspections will likely be carried out for well timed detection of any harm to bridges and remedial measures, mentioned the state administration.

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Special inspections shall even be carried out for uncommon occurrences resembling earthquakes and passage of irregular hundreds to determine their efficiency, and superintending engineers shall examine particular sorts of bridges at the very least as soon as after the monsoon, in line with the affidavit.

Items of injury to the construction needing pressing consideration will likely be required to be delivered to the discover of the competent authority with all pertinent particulars or report plans, it mentioned.

The authorities additionally issued broad pointers to hold out inspection of bridges.

It had earlier instructed the court docket there are 461 bridges underneath the city growth division, of which 398 don’t require any repairs. Two of those are hanging bridges, each situated in Rajkot district.

The state’s highway and constructing division takes care of 1,441 bridges for which the federal government already has a coverage relating to their inspection and upkeep, it mentioned.

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