Bihar: 16 engineers suspended after 10 bridges collapse in two weeks | News from India

Since June 18, at least ten bridges have collapsed in Kishanganj, Araria, East Champaran, Madhubani, Siwan and Saran.

The collapse has triggered a political storm, with the Nitish Kumar government and the opposition sparring over who should be held responsible. While Works Minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary accused then Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of failing to implement a good bridge maintenance policy during his time as the state’s Roads and Buildings Minister, Yadav retorted by saying that it was a case of “he who throws the pot in the kettle, calls the kettle black”.