According to officials, a highly loaded vehicle caused a 50-year-old steel bridge to collapse, stopping traffic in the region. Late on Monday night, the bridge collapsed. According to them, the truck’s driver was hurt and is receiving medical attention at the local hospital.
The bridge, which spans the Dadahu-Renuka-Sangrah-Haripurdhar road at Danoi Khud, 6 kilometres from Dadahu village in this part of Sirmaur district, was constructed in 1972 and has a per-vehicle load capacity of 10 tonnes. The locals claimed that the bridge had eroded over the previous 30 years due to the fact that trucks frequently utilised it to transport up to 40 tonnes of limestone from the mines in Sangrah.
Sangrah Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mukesh Dadwal said the traffic to and from Sangrah-Haripurdhar and Dadahu-Renuka has been diverted since Monday night. Commuters have been advised to commute on Jarag-Khud Dravil road.
Ram Bhaj, a local resident of Renuka Ji, said Sangrah is only 25 km away, but due to the current diversion through the Jarag-Khud Dravil road, commuters will now have to cover around 60 km. The affected road is especially busy during the summer as a large number of tourists visit Haripurdhar from April to June.
