Lok Sabha Question No. 3121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Collapse of Buildings and Bridges
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri E T Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3121 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 07, 2025

## COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES

NO. 3121.

SHRI E T MOHAMMED BASHEER:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government  is aware  that many  buildings including hospitals  have  collapsed  due  to  structural  wear  and  tear  which  have taken lives of several people;
- (b)   whether  the  Government  has  data  on  the  number  of  buildings  and bridges that have collapsed across the country during each of the last five years;
- if  so,  the  details  of  such  incidents  including  the  number  of  casualties
- (c) and the damage caused, State-wise;
- (d)   the steps proposed to be taken by the Government to address this issue; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  structural  safety standards and ensure regular inspections to prevent such collapses in the future?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to (c): No such incidents occurred in works under Central Public Works  Department  (CPWD),  a  principal  engineering  organization under  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs.  Besides  no  such incidents  are  reported  to  have  occurred  in  central  government hospitals under the administrative control of Hospital Division of Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare.  However,  as  reported  by Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways (MoRTH), there have been a few incidences of collapse of bridges on National Highways in the  country.  The  details  of  collapse  of  bridges  during  the  last  5 years including the live lost are at Annexure.

(d)  &  (e):  All  infrastructure  works  under  CPWD  are  executed  based  on approved  vetted  structural  drawings  as  per  relevant  Bureau  of  Indian Standards (BIS) codes and are regularly inspected as per provisions of CPWD  Works  Manual  &  Maintenance  Manual.  As  regards  the  bridges maintained  by  MoRTH,  they  carry  out  condition  survey  of  existing bridges  as  part  of  preparation  of  detailed  project  report  for  National Highway (NH) development works for a section of NH and repair/rehabilitation/reconstruction  of  existing  bridges  are  taken  up  as part of corridor development project. MoRTH has also issued guidelines for  bridge  inspection  and  condition  survey  of  the  existing  bridges followed  by  appropriate  repair/rehabilitation/reconstruction  based  on nature and severity of distresses.

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Annexure

Annexure in reply to (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3121 regarding 'Collapses of Buildings and Bridges' for answer on 07.08.2025

## Details of Bridges Collapsed on National Highways during last 5 years

| S.No   | Name of the State /UT   |   Number of Bridges collapsed on NH |   Number of loss of life |
|--------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh          |                                   1 |                        0 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                   1 |                        0 |
| 3      | Assam                   |                                   1 |                        1 |
| 4      | Bihar                   |                                   4 |                        2 |
| 5      | Haryana                 |                                   2 |                        0 |
| 6      | Himachal Pradesh        |                                   2 |                        0 |
| 7      | Karnataka               |                                   1 |                        0 |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh          |                                   1 |                        0 |
| 9      | Maharashtra             |                                   2 |                        0 |
| 10     | Manipur                 |                                   2 |                        0 |
| 11     | Meghalaya               |                                   2 |                        0 |
| 12     | Odisha                  |                                   4 |                        0 |
| 13     | Sikkim                  |                                   1 |                        0 |
| 14     | Tamil Nadu              |                                   3 |                        1 |
| 15     | Uttar Pradesh           |                                   1 |                        0 |
| 16     | West Bengal             |                                   4 |                        0 |
| 17     | Delhi                   |                                   1 |                        1 |
| 18     | Jammu and Kashmir       |                                   1 |                        0 |
|        | Total                   |                                  34 |                        5 |