Bihar News: Bihar’s monsoon havoc is yet to come to an end, and the continuous rainfall has claimed one more bridge in the state. This time, it is the Gaya district’s bridge over the Gulskari river that collapses due to the fury of the weather, breaking main links between villages and disrupting routine life of scores of residents.
Gaya Bridge Collapses
The Gaya district bridge collapse is part of the troubling trend of infrastructure failures across Bihar. The rickety bridge over the Gulskari river has led to its fall and resulted in snapping the connectivity from Bhagwati village to Sharma village. Dozens of villages surrounding it have now been blinded from mainland areas and left to grapple over the fall of the critical transportation link.
The recent collapse of the bridge has brought a cascade of challenges right to the doorsteps of local villagers. Residents reported massive disruptions to daily routines, where students could not go to school and most economic activities came to a grinding halt. People’s livelihoods were really hit very hard by this loss of connectivity; many are struggling to put food on the table.
History of Bridge Failures
The Gaya incident is not the only one. Bihar has seen repeated cases of bridges collapsing in recent times, and these point to general infrastructure vulnerabilities, exacerbated by heavy monsoon rains. Saran, Siwan, Maharajganj, Araria, Madhubani, and several other districts reported bridge collapses, which added to the infrastructure misery during the rainy season.
Government Response and Community Support
With the recent bridge collapse, there is an immediate need for government intervention to restore people’s connectivity and help the residents of the area. Assessment and repairing are going on, but the magnitude of the task is overwhelming indeed.
The Way Forward
Even as rains continue unabated, with the monsoons aggressively pursuing their advance, Bihar remains soaked in the challenges of how to set things right in the light of the ravaged infrastructure and how to prepare against any upheaval in times to come. Only resilience of local communities and prompt response of authorities can offset the extent of damage that a natural disaster can cause to the most vulnerable sections.
This is obviously a trying hour for Bihar, and restoration work in essential services would be of top priority, professedly including the safety and well-being of all citizens who had to face the monsoon fury once it had wrought havoc on critical infrastructure like bridges.
