Collapsed foot overbridge built by Hyderabad firm
September 21st, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The foot overbridge which collapsed Tuesday near the main Commonwealth Games venue, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, was constructed by the Hyderabad -based PNR Infra, which was contracted by the Delhi government’s Public Works Department.
Delhi government’s Public Works Department minister Raj Kumar Chauhan told IANS: “A rod was being rested on a grid but a clip slipped…resulting in the bridge collapsing.”
“The bridge was constructed by Hyderabad based PNR Infra”.
Here are the salient details on its construction:
Government agency incharge: Public Works Department, Delhi government;
Constructed by: Hyderabad based PNR Infra;
Chief Engineer: A.K. Sinha
Cost: Rs. 5 crores
Length: 95 metres
Breadth: 5 metres
Work initiated: April 2010
Work completion: Sep 2010
– Indo Asian News Service
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