Truck stuck on partially-collapsed Mahisagar river bridge removed

Almost a month after a part of a bridge on the Mahisagar river in Gujarat collapsed, killing 20 people, a truck stuck on its broken end was resuced on Tuesday, officials said.

Several vehicles plunged into the river after the bridge collapsed on July 9, while a truck was stuck precariously. A team of Marine Emergency Response Centre (MERC) of a private company rescued the truck, Anand district collector Pravin Chaudhary said.

It was a difficult task as the remaining portion of the bridge was weak, he said. The MERC team with some 60 members was camping at the spot for the last four-five days, and worked out a way to retrieve the truck after several inspections, the collector said.

The four-decade-old bridge connected Anand and Vadodara districts.

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