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MP Government Suspends Engineers and Blacklists Firms Over Bhopal’s 90° Bridge

A committee will oversee safety upgrades with the inauguration postponed until engineers replace the acute bend with a gentler curve.

Officials associated with the construction had argued that they had no other option but to build the bridge this way given the paucity of land and presence of a metro rail station nearby.
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Overview

  • Seven Public Works Department engineers were suspended and a retired superintendent engineer faces a departmental inquiry over the bridge’s unconventional 90-degree alignment.
  • Architect firm M/s Puneet Chaddha and design consultant M/s Dynamic Consultant have been blacklisted for negligence in the project’s design.
  • A state-appointed committee has been tasked with directing necessary corrections, including negotiations for additional land to soften the turn.
  • The bridge’s formal inauguration remains on hold until the acute bend is reconfigured to meet approved curvature and speed guidelines.
  • The ₹18 crore, 648-metre structure—meant to link Mahamai Ka Bagh, Pushpa Nagar and New Bhopal—had drawn earlier warnings from Indian Railways and NHAI over collision risks on its sharp curve.