Bridge collapse injures two in Cooch Behar
Residents of Konamai Pestarjhar village of Chakchaka gram panchayat under Cooch Behar-II block had threatened boycotting of the Lok Sabha election demanding repairing of the broken bridge over Mara-Naotara river. On 23 April they staged a demonstration too. Later, on being assured by the authorities they lifted the boycott call.
On Wednesday evening the bridge collapsed and two villagers, a father and his son, wounded.
The bridge is very essential to the residents of Mara-Naotara, Gorubhasa and Khapaidanga villages. Villagers alleged that they conveyed the matter to the authorities on several occasions but that yielded no result. Finding no alternative they had to raise a vote boycott call.
The block development officer of Cooch Behar-II assured the aggrieved villagers today that a temporary bridge would be erected near the existing one. Initiative will be taken to construct a new one too, he added.
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