Another tragic accident during bridge construction. It is feared that 23 workers died and many others were injured when a bridge collapsed in the Indian controlled Kashmir. The bridge is located near the border town of Uri, 92 km from Srinagar and the accident took place last Sunday November 16
There is very little information available and photos of the site have become public only a week after the accident was first reported.
This is probably another of those accidents that will never be fully understood. It is unforgivable and unjustifiable whenever something like this happens. There is no excuse or reason for people to die during the construction of a bridge.
No doubt people will question work practices and engineering on developing countries. Irrelevant if you ask me. There are more than enough accidents in developed countries, and nobody sets to build a bridge with the intention of killing anybody.
Whoever works on bridge construction knows that the possibility of a tragedy is always there. This is a dangerous industry and usually bridge stability is at its worse during construction. Half a bridge is usually less stable and more prone to failure than a complete bridge.
So, and considering that in the last few years more and more accidents and more tragic accidents seem to have occurred during bridge construction (or at least they have been more publicized), what can we do?
Maybe is time for somebody to come up with hard recommendations and standards to be followed during construction. There are guidelines and national practices, and obviously a responsibility from the construction company, but maybe what we need is a coordinated effort to put in place some short of guidelines to what we can refer. A kind of checklist to ensure that all issues have been considered and tragedies like this do not happen again
There is very little information available and photos of the site have become public only a week after the accident was first reported.
This is probably another of those accidents that will never be fully understood. It is unforgivable and unjustifiable whenever something like this happens. There is no excuse or reason for people to die during the construction of a bridge.
No doubt people will question work practices and engineering on developing countries. Irrelevant if you ask me. There are more than enough accidents in developed countries, and nobody sets to build a bridge with the intention of killing anybody.
Whoever works on bridge construction knows that the possibility of a tragedy is always there. This is a dangerous industry and usually bridge stability is at its worse during construction. Half a bridge is usually less stable and more prone to failure than a complete bridge.
So, and considering that in the last few years more and more accidents and more tragic accidents seem to have occurred during bridge construction (or at least they have been more publicized), what can we do?
Maybe is time for somebody to come up with hard recommendations and standards to be followed during construction. There are guidelines and national practices, and obviously a responsibility from the construction company, but maybe what we need is a coordinated effort to put in place some short of guidelines to what we can refer. A kind of checklist to ensure that all issues have been considered and tragedies like this do not happen again
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