Congress chief peddles lies on bridge collapse to give attention to PM Modi

On 4th June 2023, the Aguwani to Sultanganj bridge on the Ganga River collapsed near Sultanganj. The bridge, which is being constructed by Bihar govt and is taken under consideration a dream endeavor of CM Nitish Kumar, is beneath growth for over 8 years and it collapsed for the second time. As rapidly as a result of the knowledge unfold, Congress leaders started peddling lies implying that the bridge was one in every of many initiatives initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gujarat’s Congress chief Hitendra Pithadiya tweeted the video of the bridge collapse incident in Bihar along with a data screenshot that talked about Narendra Modi initiated a 4-lane bridge endeavor parallel to the Vikramshila Bridge.

The Gujarat Congeess chief moreover abused PM Narendra Modi, calling him ‘Panauti, Nanhoos, Maut Ka Sadagar’.

Hitedra Pithadiya tweeted in Hindi, ‘[‘An under-construction bridge collapsed in Bihar. Inauspicious, ill-fated, the merchant of death.’ Pithadiya principally used the adjectives for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It ought to be well-known that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had often known as Narendra Modi a service supplier of demise inside the 2007 Gujarat state assembly election campaigning. The Congress chief from Gujarat adopted his chief’s footsteps and often known as Modi a service supplier of demise.

The data screenshot Pithadiya shared was that of the knowledge of PM Modi laying the inspiration stones of two bridge initiatives near Bhagalpur in Bihar. It is notable that not one of many bridges collapsed. The bridges quoted inside the data are – a parallel bridge to the Vikramshila bridge on the Ganga River and a bridge over the Kosi River near Fulaut between Veerpur and Bihpur. Narendra Modi laid the inspiration stones of these two initiatives on twenty first September 2020 by way of video conferencing.

Google Earth image exhibiting location of Aguwani-Sultanganj Bridge and Vikramshila Bridge

The new 4-lane bridge parallel to the prevailing Vikramshila bridge is being constructed with a value vary of 1110 crore rupees. It is 4.455 km prolonged. The Congress chief meant this bridge in his tweet, implying this bridge collapsed all through growth.

But the precise truth is, the event of the collapsed bridge started in 2015 itself, whereas the event work of the model new Vikramshila bridge is however to begin out. Still, Hitendra Pithadiya implied that it has collapsed. The totally different bridge on the Kosi River spans spherical 28.94 km along with the strategy roads. Its value vary is 1478.40 crore rupees.

The four-lane under-construction bridge that collapsed at current is positioned roughly 35 km west of Bhagalpur, the position of the model new Vikramshila Bridge. It connects Aguwani and Sultanganj all through the Ganga River. SP Singla Constructions Limited is in the mean time creating this four-lane bridge for the Bihar Pul Nirman Nigam Limited (BRPNNL) at an entire value of ₹1710.77 crore.

The top quality of the event work by this agency was questioned when in April 2022, a part of this bridge succumbed to the affect of storm and rains that lashed the world. Part of this bridge caved in near Sultanganj on thirtieth April 2022. 

The Congress chief from Gujarat blatantly peddled the lie that it was one in every of many bridges initiated by the Prime Minister. The foundation stone of this 3160-meter-long bridge was laid by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on twenty third February 2014 at Parbatta inside the Khagaria district. He then inaugurated the exact growth work of this bridge on ninth March 2015. The methodology avenue to this bridge from Khagaria spans 16 km whereas it is 4 km prolonged from Sultanganj.

In this fashion, the Congress chief peddled lies in regards to the bridge-collapse incident to give attention to PM Modi, whereas the bridge, in fact, is the dream endeavor of CM Nitish Kumar and as well as collapsed as quickly as in April 2022. This is the second time of its collapse inside the remaining 13 months. Congress chief comfortably ignored this reality to hawk his politically motivated lies in regards to the bridge collapse.