Don’t know how they build birdges in Asia these days. Last time it was in China a bridge collapsed before it was completed and now, in a latest news, a recently-built road bridge in Karachi, Pakistan has collapsed killing at least four people.
The collapsed bridge is Shershah Northern-By-Pass bridge connecting to Hub River caved in at Paracha Chowk of Karachi.
Karachi’s mayor said that the bridge was built by the state-run National Highway Authority and was officially opened by President Pervez Musharraf last month. (BBC)
According to Paktrubune Online 20-25 persons are still trapped under the debris and care calling through their cell phones for help.
Another online newspaper Khaleej Times quoted a local resident as saying “It created such a huge sound that we thought it was an earthquake,”
Senior police official Falak Khurshid said four bodies had been retrieved and he saw two more — of a man and a child — trapped in the mangled mass of concrete.
UPDATE (sept. 2) - Death toll rise to 10, inquiry ordered.
- Two more bodies were recovered on Sunday
- death toll to 10
- the government ordered an inquiry into the tragedy
- Federal Communications Minister Shamim Siddique offer resignation
- police still don’t have any idea about how many more people were trapped in the rubble. (hindustan times)
This is a result of rempant corruption. Bad. Very bad.
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