Overview
- A concrete pier segment slipped from a launching machine at Jakh Morh, crushing 25‑year‑old labourer Gotam Sahu and injuring a co‑worker while rescue teams and police responded.
- At Sidhra a truck struck temporary shuttering that supported a recently cast pier cap, causing the staging to collapse and killing labourer Budhi Singh after he was taken to hospital.
- NHAI says the Jakh Morh collapse was caused by a segment slipping during lifting and denied any overall structural failure of the bridge.
- Authorities have opened formal investigations, NHAI paid an immediate ₹10 lakh to Sahu’s next of kin and pledged further statutory and ex‑gratia compensation while corrective steps are examined with the EPC contractor.
- Workers at the sites accused the contractor of fleeing after the Jakh Morh accident and complained of weak safety measures and low past compensation, highlighting persistent labour and oversight concerns on large elevated‑span projects.