Portion of Gurugram-Sohna flyover caves in again in 8 months, school bus wheel stuck
Gurugram, Jul 2: The wheel of a bus carrying students got stuck in an 8-metre pit on Tuesday afternoon after a portion of the four-lane Gurugram-Sohna elevated flyover caved in again within 8 months, officials said.
However, a major incident was averted as another bus was used to pull it from behind, after which the school bus resumed its journey.
The pit, approximately 8-metre deep and two-feet wide, was formed on the road towards Sohna, in front of SD Adarsh Vidyalaya, an official said.
Upon receiving information, a team from the road construction company and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) arrived at the scene and set up barricades around the pothole.
About 30 per cent of the road lane has been closed to vehicular traffic, a senior GMDA officer said, adding that the repair work would commence soon.
Another official said the road caved in due to construction work for a sewer line. The maintenance company will fix the damaged road, he added.
Notably, in December last year, a similar incident occurred on this four-lane elevated road towards Sohna. A pothole about five-feet deep and two-feet wide formed when the road caved in at the same location. It took approximately three months to repair the damage, and now the road has caved in again at the same spot.
Previously, in August 2020, a section of the road collapsed during the construction of this flyover, causing work to be suspended temporarily.
Construction of the elevated flyover began in 2019, completed in two phases in 2021, and it was opened to the public in 2021. The total cost of this 21-km-long elevated flyover was Rs 1,944 crore, according to the officials.
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Jammu: Bus driver brutally beaten by cow vigilante after accidentally hitting stray calf
Jammu: A bus driver was severely beaten by a self-proclaimed cow vigilante after his vehicle accidentally hit and killed a stray calf and bull in the Ghati area of Kathua district on Tuesday night.
The driver, identified as Ramesh Kumar, was pulled out of his bus and assaulted with wooden sticks by Ravinder Singh, the vigilante, leaving him critically injured.
The incident occurred when the bus struck the stray animals on the road, resulting in their deaths. Singh, along with his supporters, confronted Kumar and began the assault despite his desperate pleas for mercy. Singh's relentless attack left the driver in critical condition, necessitating immediate medical treatment at a local hospital.
The attack has incited outrage in the community, leading to widespread protests. Residents took to the streets, demanding Singh's immediate arrest and condemning his actions. Protesters argued that Singh had no right to take the law into his own hands and should have reported the incident to the police instead of resorting to violence.
The community is calling for justice for Ramesh Kumar and is urging for stricter measures to prevent such vigilante actions in the future.
This incident is part of a troubling trend of assaults by cow vigilantes in India. Just two days prior, two lemon traders from Haryana were thrashed by a group of about 20 cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Churu district under suspicion of transporting cows.
