Overview

• A comprehensive visual survey covered all 2,110 bridges across the 69,000-kilometre Narmada canal irrigation system.
• Two bridges in Morbi district and three in Surendranagar district have been fully closed after being judged unsafe for any traffic.
• Heavy vehicles have been banned from four additional canal bridges identified as structurally vulnerable.
• District administrations have been instructed to initiate urgent repair work on 36 more spans showing monsoon-induced damage.
• Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s administration is overseeing round-the-clock quality checks and accelerating repairs on monsoon-damaged infrastructure.