ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 617 FOR 25.07.2024 ASKED
BY DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE, SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE, SHRI AASHTIKAR PATIL NAGESH BAPURAO,
PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD, SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL, SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH, SMT.
SUPRIYA SULE, SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE AND SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE REGARDING
“BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON NH”
DETAILS OF BRIDGEs COLLAPSED DURING LAST THREE YEARS:
Loss of
Name of Details of lives Financial
NH Action taken against defaulting
[Link]. State the Bridge collapse of during Year of
No Contractor/ Concessionaire
/ Location Bridge last three Collapse
years
(i) Existing Permanent Bridges and Temporary Bailey Bridges
Andhra Constructed in
1 716 km153/200 0 2021-2022
Pradesh 1977 Due to
heavy floods
failure has taken
place . Not applicable
2 105 Haryana km7+706 0 2023-2024 Not applicable
Failure of bridge
3 105 Haryana km14+020 0 2023-2024 Not applicable
due to
Himacha unprecedented
4 105 l km17+661 flood 0 2023-2024 Not applicable
Pradesh
Failure due to FIR has been launched against the
Madhya overloaded truck transporter of the heavy
5 46 km77.900 0 2022-2023
Pradesh on dilapidated consignment and legal notice was
Bridge also served by PIU-Harda.
Meghala Washed out due
6 62 km217 0 2022-2023 Not applicable
ya to high flood
7 326 Odisha km297/520 0 2022-2023
Old Bridge Not applicable
(1) Penalty of Rs.5 crore imposed
on the Construction Contractor,
M/s. Gammon India Ltd.
(2) Penalty of Rs.20 lakh imposed
on the then Supervision Consultant
i.e. M/s. LBLL-NICE(JV) of
Construction of Bridge.
(3) Debarment of DPR Consultant
M/s Sheladia Associates for 1 year.
(4) The cost of entire remedial
Shear failure of measures / reconstruction
pier cap at pier including cost of DPR preparation
8 16 Odisha km79+614 edge interface 0 2023-2024 recovered from the existing
due to corrosion Concessionaire M/s DBL
and tensile Chandikhole Bhadrak Highways
failure of Limited
transverse steel (5) Penalty of Rs.20 lakh and
reinforcement debarment for 1 year on
(along the width Independent Engineer M/s. TPF
of the pier). Gentisa Eurostudios S.L with
Possible Segmental
deficiency in (6) Debarment for 3 years against
provision of the then Shri R K Singh, Sr. Bridge
reinforcement in Engineer from Supervision
the pier cap Consultant i.e. M/s. LBLL-NICE(JV)
Due to excessive
Sirwani
rainfall and
9 510 Sikkim Bridge (Km 0 2023-2024
glaciel Lake
0+200)
Outburst Flood
Not applicable
Uttar due to heavy
10 0 2022-2023
Pradesh flood Not applicable
Event was a
Natural Calamity
wherein
excessive
discharge due to
(km unprecedented
Jammu
46+305 to rains caused
11 44 and scouring beyond 0 2023-2024 Not applicable
km
Kashmir the prescribed
46+864)
design limits and
damaged 3 pier
foundations and
caused
settlement of
spans.
Arunach Due to
12 313 al km120 Overloaded 0 2021-2022
Pradesh traffic movement Not applicable
NH-
Scouring of the
37
Abutment due to
13 old Manipur km98.7 0 2022-2023 Not applicable
heavy incessant
NH-
Rain.
53
NH- Flash flood and
14 Manipur km120.9 0 2022-2023 Not applicable
102B overloading
Due to
movement of
15 208 Tripura km180 0 2022-2023 Not applicable
Overloaded heavy
vehicle
(ii) Under construction Bridges
A girder collapse
incident occurred
during
construction
Two persons form Supervision
activities,
Consultants and Two persons
attributed to a
from Contractor side
mechanical
suspended/removed from the
1 131G Bihar Km 11+800 failure that took 0 2022-2023
Project. Further, necessary safety
place while a
measures were suggested by
Hydra crane was
Expert Committee to avoid further
being used to
mishappenings.
position
shuttering for
cross-
girder work.
One no of PSC Two persons form Supervision
Girder fallen Consultants and Two persons
down during from Contractor side
km133+72 erection due to suspended/removed from the
2 20 Bihar 1 2022-2023
0 the Winch failure Project. Further, necessary safety
of Crane of measures were suggested by
Elevated expert Committee to avoid further
Structure. mishappenings.
A girder collapse Chief Project Manager & Engineer
incident occurred (Launching) of Contractor and
km10.270 during Team Leader cum Senior Bridge
to 10.330 construction Engineer & Assistant Bridge
3 527A Bihar 1 2023-2024
(P154- activities, Engineer of Authority's Engineer
P153) attributed to a worked at the time of Collapse
mechanical have been suspended by the
failure Authority (NHAI).
Collapsed during Action taken on Concessionaire &
km72+297
the concreting Consultancy agencies.
4 66 Kerala VUP 0 2022-2023
due to staging Suspended Key persons up to 4
(LHS)
failure months and Imposed Penalty.
The girder of
under
Maharas construction
5 66 km212/105 0 2023-2024
htra Chiplun Flyover An expert committee of 3 bridge
was collapsed experts has been constituted to
during launching. find out cause of failure.
Penalty of Rs.30 Lakhs on the
Concessionaire and penalty of Rs.5
Lakhs on the Independent
6 16 Odisha km96+326 0 2021-2022
Engineer. Team Leader of IE and
Key Personnel of Concessionaire
Human error was suspended
Improper bonding
of pier cap
NHAI had constituted a Expert
constructed by
Committee who visited the site and
the new
as per their recommendation, the
contractor
restoration scheme is prepared by
215 (balance work)
Contractor through IIT and
(New over existing
7 Odisha km35+341 0 2022-2023 executed the same at his own risk
NH- pier. A crane
& Cost. RO, Odisha has issued
20) accidentally hit
suspension order in respect of 3
the already
nos. personnel from Contractors
placed girder
side & 2 nos. personnel from
which toppled
Supervision Consultant side
and due to
eccentric
loading, pier cap
came off.
Singtam- Due to excessive
Tarku rainfall and
8 510 Sikkim 2 2023-2024
(Km glacial Lake
0+070) Outburst Flood
Not applicable
3 Girders (G1,G2 & G3) at Km
2+850 between pier P4 & P5 of
down ramp location of the Elevated
Road of Madurai - Chettikulam
section of NH-785 was collapsed
while fixing of bearings, due to
hydraulic jack failure and action
was taken against the EPC
Contractor and AE;
EPC Contractor: M/s. JMC Projects
(India) Ltd., Mumbai
NHAI HQ vide letter dated
28.01.2022, issued orders for
Due to hydraulic
debarment of Contractor from
Tamil jack failure ,
9 785 km2+850 1 2021-2022 participating in NHAI bids w.e.f
Nadu while fixing the
13.09.2021 to 28.01.2022 (i.e, date
bearing
of interim action). Further, NHAI,
HQ vide Lr. No. 46597 Dt.
28.01.2022 has imposed penalty of
Rs.3.00 Cr to the Contractor and
the same has been recovered from
EPC Contractor from IPC No. 36 for
the month of December, 2021.
Authority Engineer: M/s. Yongma
Engineering Co Limited in
association with M/s. Sterling Indo
Tech Consultants Pvt Ltd
NHAI HQ vide letter dated
28.01.2022, issued orders for
debarment of Contractor from
participating in NHAI bids w.e.f
13.09.2021 to 28.01.2022 (i.e, date
of interim action). Further, NHAI,
HQ vide lr. No. 46595 dt.
28.01.2022 has imposed penalty of
Rs.40.00 lakhs to the Authority
Engineer and the same has been
recovered from Authority Engineer
from Invoice No.09 for the month of
Dec'21 and Invoice No.10 for the
month of Jan'22.
Further, NHAI, RO, Madurai vide Lr.
No. 1668 Dt. 03.09.2021, suspended
4 Nos of key personnel in EPC
contractor and 6 Nos of key
personnel in AE.
1.A Segmental Girder on P16-P17 of
RHS Carriageway fell down due to
mechanical failure of hydraulic
jacks at Km 107+400 Anaikarai
Major Bridge across Kollidam river
on 22.01.2022.
[Link] instant mishap has been
categorized into minor failure
which occurred due to non-robust
temporary structure/launching-
lowering system as opined by
Expert Committee.
[Link] personal of the Independent
Segmental girder
km107+40 Engineer (2 Nos) and Site
Tamil of RHS fell down
10 36 0 (Major 0 2022-2023 Engineers (2 Nos) of the
Nadu due to failure of
Bridge) Concessionaire has been
hydraulic jack
suspended and blacklisted with
immediate effect of mishap. The
Concessionaire firm has been
restrained from participating in any
NHAI bids till further orders.
[Link] Competent Authority has
directed to impose a financial
penalty of Rs.7.305 Crore, being
0.5% of the BPC on
Concessionaire/Promoter of
Concessionaire (Patel
Infrastructure Ltd) for the
lapses/laxity besides
reconstruction of the collapse
girders/span and its rectification at
its own cost.
5. The IE (M/s. Theme Engineering
Services) has been imposed a
token penalty of Rs.5 Lakhs. The IE
has remitted this penalty amount in
favour of “National Highways
Authority of India on 29.08.2022.
Mechanical
248 km0+072
11 Delhi failure of 1 2022-2023 Warning issued to Contractor
BB to 0+112
hydraulic jack
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