There is a possibility of an accident like Morbi Bridge in Gujarat in Raipur of Chhattisgarh. Due to the negligence of the officers, the lives of thousands of people are in danger every day. In fact, more people are climbing on the Lakshman Jhoola built over the Kharoon river flowing from the capital Raipur at one go than the capacity, on which no responsible person is paying attention.
Thousands of people reach for darshan at Laxman Jhula and Mahadev Ghat in Raipur. No one is stationed there to see how many people are allowed to go on Laxman Jhula at a time, so a large number of people are climbing it at once. A similar scene was also seen on August 15. When the officials in charge of Laxman Jhula were discussed about this, they gave irresponsible answers. He was asked how many people are allowed to climb on the swing at a time or what is its capacity, he said that if there was water, it would be measured in gallons, it is not possible to measure the weight of the persons. Thousands of people can climb in it. It has become very strong. 14 guards duty in 2 shifts, but only 4 on spot
In the month of Sawan, more than 10 thousand people come to Hatkeshwar Nath temple to have darshan of God. They cross the Laxman Jhula and roam around in the garden built inside. Keeping in view the safety of the people here, the government has put 14 guards on duty in two shifts. Apart from this, some Class IV employees of the Water Resources Department have been appointed separately. But when Dainik Bhaskar inspected the spot, it was found that only 2 guards and 2 daily wage workers of the private company were present there. Neither was anyone seen to stop the crowd of people at the entrance of the suspension bridge, nor was any security personnel seen on the bridge. The common people were moving up and down the bridge on their own accord, pushing and shoving. Leaning towards the river over the bridge, youths were also making selfies and reels. There was no one present to stop them.
Poll open from the guard’s attendance register
The matter of this great negligence does not end here only. When we asked one of the guards present in the office about the security arrangements, he brought the register from the office and showed the total number of guards. It was revealed from the register that the same person had written the names of all the guards and put the attendance next to them. Also, no guard has even made an entry in the register in the last 5 days. The place of attendance in front of his name is empty. The common people were getting up and down on the bridge on their own accord, pushing and shoving. Leaning towards the river over the bridge, youths were also making selfies and reels. There was no one present to stop them.
Poll open from the guard’s attendance register
The matter of this great negligence does not end here only. When we asked one of the guards present in the office about the security arrangements, he brought the register from the office and showed the total number of guards. It was revealed from the register that the same person had written the names of all the guards and put the attendance next to them. Also, no guard has even made an entry in the register in the last 5 days. The attendance space in front of his name is blank. This clearly means that the responsible officials of the Water Resources Department are defrauding the government in connivance with the security company. They are putting people’s lives in danger by deploying less guards on the spot. Along with this, along with the contractors, they are also doing misappropriation of money.
there is little water to measure in gallons
In this case, SDO of Water Resources Department Mahendra Kumar Kelkar was asked how many people can go over the bridge at one time, then he said that this water is only a little, which will be measured in gallons. Thousands of people can climb here, now they cannot go by climbing over each other, so they keep coming and going according to their convenience. After this irresponsible answer, they started telling the maths of the total capacity of the bridge and the weight of fat and thin people.
He told that earlier here the guard used to count people and send them over the bridge, but now this system is closed, due to which people are coming and going according to their own accord. Although we keep going to check in between. After this, Kishan Lal Vishwakarma, sub-engineer of the Water Resources Department, who was looking after the Laxman swing, was called, so he did not receive the call, nor did he respond. If a crime is committed, then there is no one to stop it.
The employee present there told that many addicts and miscreants also come here. They flirt with girls and make lewd comments. If we stop them, they will attack us only, they have no shelter. Told the officer-in-charge Kishan Lal Vishwakarma about this, then he asked to call the police station at such a time. But by the time a police station staff arrives at the spot, the accused would have fled after committing the crime.
135 people were killed in the Morbi bridge accident in Gujarat
Last year, 135 people lost their lives in the accident on Morbi Bridge in Gujarat. More than 400 people fell into the Machchu river when the cable suspension bridge collapsed. The width of this bridge was also only so that people could come from one side and go from the other side. Despite this, with the climbing of 500 people together, this bridge broke down and fell down. In which people died by drowning in the river. The administration had left this bridge to the trust of a company. The video of the collapse of this bridge had also become very viral, in which people were having fun making photo videos by climbing on top of the bridge. here too there is someone to stop them
