Overview
- A span near pier 133 gave way around 1 am Monday after subsidence was spotted, and police cleared traffic in time with no injuries reported.
- Authorities sealed the bridge at both ends and diverted vehicles via Munger and Khagaria, with boats and steamers now ferrying people across the river.
- The state suspended the National Highways executive engineer and ordered a technical probe as teams from IIT Patna and NIT Patna assess the failure.
- Officials said they have sought support from the Army and the Border Roads Organisation and set a three‑month target to rebuild the damaged section.
- Earlier reports flagged collapsed protective walls that exposed pillars to river scouring and widened expansion joints, drawing political attacks over neglected maintenance.