Bengaluru:

Some vacationers took a automotive on a small suspension bridge over a river in Karnataka, simply two days after a cable bridge in Gujarat snapped on account of an enormous rush of individuals. The locals confronted the vacationers and compelled them to take away the automotive instantly as the burden may have an effect on the structural integrity of the slim cable bridge.

A video of the incident reveals the vacationers, oblivious to the hazard, arguing with the protesting locals that they might nonetheless drive the automotive, a Maruti Suzuki 800.

Eventually, two males pushed the automotive slowly in direction of one of many two exits of the bridge. The construction sways as the lads moved slowly. A big group of persons are additionally seen on the bridge, standing behind the automotive.

The construction, referred to as Shivapura hanging bridge, is at a well-liked vacationer hotspot in Yellapura city in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district. The locals stated the vacationers have been from Maharashtra.

The police stated they’re wanting into the matter and would think about submitting a case.

In the Gujarat cable bridge tragedy, the state’s forensics workforce discovered that the century-old construction snapped on account of a giant rush of individuals, which put extreme stress on the construction. The bridge had been underneath renovation for the final seven months. It was reopened on October 26, the Gujarati New Year. Sources have stated the renovator firm didn’t change a number of the previous cables of the bridge.

Old movies taken at totally different instances present dozens of individuals operating and leaping on the Gujarat cable bridge in a bid to sway it for enjoyable.