Rajkot: The court session here has reminded the authority of the National Highway India (NHAI) to immediately repair the overbridge wall in the portion of Rajkot-Gondal-Porbandar from Highway-27 which has collapsed in June 2020, killing two commuters.
Bypass built in 2008 is important for those traveling from Ahmedabad to Junagadh and Porbandar.
The court, while deciding the anticipatory assurance application from one of the accused of this, it attracted the attention of the authority to make further improvements to avoid repairs.
Malang accident.
After the incident, the state government has ordered a magisterial investigation and based on the report, NHAI has registered firs with the Dam Aji Police Station in October 2020 against concessions and relevant and current time consultants.
One of the accused of Karni Mathur has moved for anticipatory guarantees.
The 10th additional judge, Hetal Manoharrao Pavar, while providing anticipatory guarantee to Mathur, also attracted the attention of the authorities concerned to improve the part that collapsed in its order.
The advocates that emerged on behalf of the government and accused both of them told the court that until the road on the road was disputed open and the damaged part was only covered by cloth curtains, thus risking the lives passing by dangerous portions.
The court order noted, “Thus, has arrived at the notification of this court that even after this unfortunate incident caused the death of two innocent people, both NHAI and other authorities in question or the government have been careful to make improvements.
Do not improve parts Damaged from the wall collapsed equally dangerous and there is fear for such events Damaged parts in Rajkot-Gondal National Highway to avoid events.
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The court reminded Nhai to improve the portion of the collapsed bridge wall
