Lok Sabha Question No. 617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Bridge Collapse on NH
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Aashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao, Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad, Shri Sanjay Dina Patil, Shri Mohite Patil Dhairyasheel Rajsinh, Smt. Supriya Sule, Shri Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare, Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the incidents of bridge collapse on National Highways have  increased  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  number  of  bridge collapse reported during each of the last three years;
- (b) whether the collapse of bridges built over the National Highways has caused the loss of lives and property during last few years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the  details  of  the  companies  awarded  the  sub-contract  to undertake work on the said bridge/project;
- (d) whether the Government has ordered a probe into the incidents
- and if so, the details thereof;
- (e )  whether the NHAI has taken any action/pending inquiry against the  company/companies  involved  therein  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (f)    whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  install  any  safety gadgets to prevent incidents caused due to the faulty construction of these bridges and if so, the details thereof;

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †617 ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2024

## BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON NH

## †617.    DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE:

SHRI AASHTIKAR PATIL NAGESH BAPURAO:

PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD:

SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH

SMT. SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE:

SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)   to  (e)    Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways   is  primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways in  the  country.  There  has  been  a  few  incidences  of  collapse  of bridges on National Highways in the country. The details of collapse of  bridges  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  including  the  lives lost,  details  of  investigations  carried out and action taken against defaulting contractors/concessionaires, wherever  applicable  are attached at Annexure.
- (f)    Ministry  carry out condition survey of existing bridges as part of preparation of detailed project report for NH development works for a section of NH  and  repair/rehabilitation/reconstruction of existing  bridges  are  taken  up  as  part  of  corridor  development project. Ministry  has  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. Ministry has issued policy guidelines and model bidding documents for real time structural health monitoring of bridges on continuous/ discrete manner. Ministry has also started comprehensive  Indian  Bridge  Management  System  for  condition assessment of bridges and subsequent decision making process for repair/rehabilitation/reconstruction.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 617 FOR 25.07.2024 ASKED BY  DR.  AMOL  RAMSING  KOLHE,  SHRI  NILESH  DNYANDEV  LANKE,  SHRI  AASHTIKAR  PATIL  NAGESH  BAPURAO, PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD, SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL, SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH, SMT. SUPRIYA  SULE,  SHRI  BHASKAR  MURLIDHAR  BHAGARE  AND  SHRI  BAJRANG  MANOHAR  SONWANE  REGARDING 'BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON NH'

DETAILS OF BRIDGEs COLLAPSED DURING LAST THREE YEARS:

| Sl.No.                                                      | NH No                                                       | State                                                       | Name of the Bridge / Location                               | Details of collapse of Bridge                               | Loss of lives during last three years                       | Financial Year of Collapse                                  | Action taken against defaulting Contractor/ Concessionaire   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges | (i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges  |

Contractor/ Concessionaire

|   1 |   716 | Andhra Pradesh    | km153/200   | Constructed in 1977 Due to heavy floods failure has taken place .   |   0 | 2021-2022   | Not applicable                                                                                                        |
|-----|-------|-------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2 |   105 | Haryana           | km7+706     | Failure of bridge due to unprecedented flood                        |   0 | 2023-2024   | Not applicable                                                                                                        |
|   3 |   105 | Haryana           | km14+020    | Failure of bridge due to unprecedented flood                        |   0 | 2023-2024   | Not applicable                                                                                                        |
|   4 |   105 | Himacha l Pradesh | km17+661    | Failure of bridge due to unprecedented flood                        |   0 | 2023-2024   | Not applicable                                                                                                        |
|   5 |    46 | Madhya Pradesh    | km77.900    | Failure due to overloaded truck on dilapidated Bridge               |   0 | 2022-2023   | FIR has been launched against the transporter of the heavy consignment and legal notice was also served by PIU-Harda. |
|   6 |    62 | Meghala ya        | km217       | Washed out due to high flood                                        |   0 | 2022-2023   | Not applicable                                                                                                        |
|   7 |   326 | Odisha            | km297/520   | Old Bridge                                                          |   0 | 2022-2023   | Not applicable                                                                                                        |

| 8   | 16   | Odisha   | km79+614   | Shear failure of pier cap at pier edge interface due to corrosion and tensile failure of transverse steel reinforcement (along the width of the pier). Possible deficiency in provision of reinforcement in the pier cap   | 0   | 2023-2024 (1) Penalty of Rs.5 crore imposed on the Construction Contractor, M/s. Gammon India Ltd. (2) Penalty of Rs.20 lakh imposed on the then Supervision Consultant i.e. M/s. LBLL-NICE(JV) of Construction of Bridge. (3) Debarment of DPR Consultant M/s Sheladia Associates for 1 year. (4) The cost of entire remedial measures / reconstruction including cost of DPR preparation recovered from the existing Concessionaire M/s DBL Chandikhole Bhadrak Highways Limited (5) Penalty of Rs.20 lakh and debarment for 1 year on Independent Engineer M/s. TPF Gentisa Eurostudios S.L with Segmental (6) Debarment for 3 years against the then Shri R K Singh, Sr. Bridge Engineer from Supervision Consultant i.e. M/s. LBLL-NICE(JV)   |
|-----|------|----------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   9 | 510   | Sikkim            | Sirwani Bridge (Km 0+200)   | Due to excessive rainfall and glaciel Lake Outburst Flood                                                                                                                                              |   0 | 2023-2024   | Not applicable   |
|-----|-------|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------|------------------|
|  10 |       | Uttar Pradesh     |                             | due to heavy flood                                                                                                                                                                                     |   0 | 2022-2023   | Not applicable   |
|  11 | 44    | Jammu and Kashmir | (km 46+305 to km 46+864)    | Event was a Natural Calamity wherein excessive discharge due to unprecedented rains caused scouring beyond the prescribed design limits and damaged 3 pier foundations and caused settlement of spans. |   0 | 2023-2024   | Not applicable   |

|   12 | 313               | Arunach al Pradesh   | km120   | Due to Overloaded traffic movement                    |   0 | 2021-2022   | Not applicable   |
|------|-------------------|----------------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------|------------------|
|   13 | NH- 37 old NH- 53 | Manipur              | km98.7  | Scouring of the Abutment due to heavy incessant Rain. |   0 | 2022-2023   | Not applicable   |
|   14 | NH- 102B          | Manipur              | km120.9 | Flash flood and overloading                           |   0 | 2022-2023   | Not applicable   |
|   15 | 208               | Tripura              | km180   | Due to movement of Overloaded heavy vehicle           |   0 | 2022-2023   | Not applicable   |

## (ii) Under construction Bridges

| 1   | 131G   | Bihar   | Km 11+800   | A girder collapse incident occurred during construction activities, attributed to a mechanical failure that took place while a Hydra crane was being used to position shuttering for cross- girder work.   | 0   | 2022-2023 Two persons form Supervision Consultants and Two persons from Contractor side suspended/removed from the Project. Further, necessary safety measures were suggested by Expert Committee to avoid further mishappenings.   |
|-----|--------|---------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   2 | 20   | Bihar   | km133+72 0                      | One no of PSC Girder fallen down during erection due to the Winch failure of Crane of Elevated Structure.   |   1 | 2022-2023                                                                | Two persons form Supervision Consultants and Two persons from Contractor side suspended/removed from the Project. Further, necessary safety measures were suggested by expert Committee to avoid further mishappenings.   |
|-----|------|---------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   3 | 527A | Bihar   | km10.270 to 10.330 (P154- P153) | A girder collapse incident occurred during construction activities, attributed to a mechanical failure      |   1 | 2023-2024 Chief (Launching) Team Engineer Engineer worked have Authority | Project Manager & Engineer of Contractor and Leader cum Senior Bridge & Assistant Bridge of Authority's Engineer at the time of Collapse been suspended by the (NHAI).                                                    |

|   4 |   66 | Kerala       | km72+297 VUP (LHS)   | Collapsed during the concreting due to staging failure                           |   0 | 2022-2023   | Action taken on Concessionaire & Consultancy agencies. Suspended Key persons up to 4 months and Imposed Penalty.                                                        |
|-----|------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 |   66 | Maharas htra | km212/105            | The girder of under construction Chiplun Flyover was collapsed during launching. |   0 | 2023-2024   | An expert committee of 3 bridge experts has been constituted to find out cause of failure.                                                                              |
|   6 |   16 | Odisha       | km96+326             | Human error                                                                      |   0 | 2021-2022   | Penalty of Rs.30 Lakhs on the Concessionaire and penalty of Rs.5 Lakhs on the Independent Engineer. Team Leader of IE and Key Personnel of Concessionaire was suspended |

|   7 |   215 (New NH- 20) | Odisha   | km35+341                  | Improper bonding of pier cap constructed by the new contractor (balance work) over existing pier. A crane accidentally hit the already placed girder which toppled and due to eccentric loading, pier cap came off.   |   0 | 2022-2023   | NHAI had constituted a Expert Committee who visited the site and as per their recommendation, the restoration scheme is prepared by Contractor through IIT and executed the same at his own risk & Cost. RO, Odisha has issued suspension order in respect of 3 nos. personnel from Contractors side & 2 nos. personnel from Supervision Consultant side   |
|-----|--------------------|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   8 |                510 | Sikkim   | Singtam- Tarku (Km 0+070) | Due to excessive rainfall and glacial Lake Outburst Flood                                                                                                                                                             |   2 | 2023-2024   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

| 9   | 785   | Tamil Nadu   | km2+850   | Due to hydraulic jack failure , while fixing the bearing   | 2021-2022 3 Girders (G1,G2 & G3) at Km 2+850 between pier P4 & P5 of down ramp location of the Elevated Road of Madurai - Chettikulam section of NH-785 was collapsed while fixing of bearings, due to hydraulic jack failure and action was taken against the EPC Contractor and AE; EPC Contractor: M/s. JMC Projects (India) Ltd., Mumbai NHAI HQ vide letter dated 28.01.2022, issued orders for debarment of Contractor from participating in NHAI bids w.e.f 13.09.2021 to 28.01.2022 (i.e, date of interim action). Further, NHAI, HQ vide Lr. No. 46597 Dt. 28.01.2022 has imposed penalty of Rs.3.00 Cr to the Contractor and the same has been recovered from EPC Contractor from IPC No. 36 for the month of December, 2021. Authority Engineer: M/s. Yongma Engineering Co Limited in association with M/s. Sterling Indo Tech Consultants Pvt Ltd   |
|-----|-------|--------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 28.01.2022, issued orders for debarment of Contractor from participating in NHAI bids w.e.f 13.09.2021 to 28.01.2022 (i.e, date of interim action). Further, NHAI, HQ vide lr. No. 46595 dt. 28.01.2022 has imposed penalty of Rs.40.00 lakhs to the Authority Engineer and the same has been recovered from Authority Engineer from Invoice No.09 for the month of Dec'21 and Invoice No.10 for the month of Jan'22. Further, NHAI, RO, Madurai vide Lr. No. 1668 Dt. 03.09.2021, suspended 4 Nos of key personnel in EPC contractor and 6 Nos of key personnel in AE.   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 10   | 36   | Tamil   | km107+40 0 (Major Bridge)   | Segmental girder of RHS fell down due to failure of hydraulic jack   | 0   | Nadu   |
|------|------|---------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|--------|

|    |        |       |                  |                                      |    |           | reconstruction of the collapse girders/span and its rectification at its own cost. 5. The IE (M/s. Theme Engineering Services) has been imposed a token penalty of Rs.5 Lakhs. The IE has remitted this penalty amount in favour of 'National Highways Authority of India on 29.08.2022.   |
|----|--------|-------|------------------|--------------------------------------|----|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 11 | 248 BB | Delhi | km0+072 to 0+112 | Mechanical failure of hydraulic jack |  1 | 2022-2023 | Warning issued to Contractor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

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