Under-construction bridge collapses in Telangana due to wind

An under-construction bridge in Telangana's Peddapalli collapsed on Monday night after two of its five concrete girders fell to the ground. The incident occurred around 9.45 pm after a strong wind blew in the area, NDTV reported. Sirikonda Bakka Rao, the sarpanch of Odedu village, said, "Luckily, a marriage party of 65 people on a bus passed by just one minute earlier and escaped being crushed by the concrete."

The under-construction bridge collapsed in Telangana on Tuesday evening.(X/Sudhakar Udumula)

Sharing visuals of the bridge's collapse, a user wrote on X, “Under-construction bridge collapses in Peddapalli, Telangana… Work on a one-kilometer-long bridge has been ongoing since 2016. The bridge is being built to connect Odedu to Garmillapalli village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district…Two girders collapsed because of strong winds. Since it occurred after midnight when there were no people around, no one was harmed.”

Visuals showed multiple parts of the bridge lying on the floor after the collapse.