Vehicle movement suspended on Sylhet Kin Bridge
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
SYLHET, Nov 15 (bdnews24.com): Vehicle movements on the Kin Bridge at Sylhet have been suspended due to a rift in the base.
Traffic personnel came to check on the fault around 8am Monday and informed the respective authorities, who reached the spot immediately and declared the suspension of all sorts of vehicular movement on the bridge.
The police are initially suspecting that the fault might have occurred when some cattle-laden trucks passed at night, which is prohibited.
The Sylhet roads and highways department executive engineer Abu Mohammad Musa said that a breaking plate had been torn loose due to a passing heavy vehicle. "About 10 square feet of the base was damaged," he said.
Musa added that renovation work had already started and expected that movement on the bridge would be restored by the night.
Meanwhile, the Sylhet city corporation mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran visited the bridge around 11am. He assured the people that the city corporation would take initiatives to save this heritage bridge.
Kamran said that the bridge has already been declared risky and all sorts of vehicle movement have been stopped. However, the bridge was open for pedestrians.
In 1936, the then governor of British India Lord Michel Kin set up the bridge across the river Surma.
The bridge has become hazardous in recent years. The last coalition government renovated the bridge, and subsequently heavy vehicle-movement on the bridge was prohibited.
Traffic personnel came to check on the fault around 8am Monday and informed the respective authorities, who reached the spot immediately and declared the suspension of all sorts of vehicular movement on the bridge.
The police are initially suspecting that the fault might have occurred when some cattle-laden trucks passed at night, which is prohibited.
The Sylhet roads and highways department executive engineer Abu Mohammad Musa said that a breaking plate had been torn loose due to a passing heavy vehicle. "About 10 square feet of the base was damaged," he said.
Musa added that renovation work had already started and expected that movement on the bridge would be restored by the night.
Meanwhile, the Sylhet city corporation mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran visited the bridge around 11am. He assured the people that the city corporation would take initiatives to save this heritage bridge.
Kamran said that the bridge has already been declared risky and all sorts of vehicle movement have been stopped. However, the bridge was open for pedestrians.
In 1936, the then governor of British India Lord Michel Kin set up the bridge across the river Surma.
The bridge has become hazardous in recent years. The last coalition government renovated the bridge, and subsequently heavy vehicle-movement on the bridge was prohibited.