Dynamite News Gujarat locals risk lives, cross canal through collapsed bridge
Risking their lives, locals in Gujarat's Kheda town commute every day through a bridge that has been in a collapsed state since two months.
Kheda: Risking their lives, locals in Gujarat's Kheda town commute every day through a bridge that has been in a collapsed state since two months.
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Children, too, cross the bridge by risking their lives on their way to school. For the past two months, locals have been petitioning the authorities to construct a bridge that will connect Naika and Bherai villages.
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Narrating their plight, a local said, "If we don't use this bridge, we will have to travel a distance of 10 km instead of 1 km."
Meanwhile, Kheda collector IK Patel assured that the construction work will be resumed soon.
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"The construction work will be resumed immediately. Only due to rain the work of the bridge has not begun," he added. (ANI)