Contractor blacklisted after bridge collapse
The action was taken after examining the report of the PWD vigilance wing regarding the accident, the minister said.
The minister also issued directions to suspend the assistant executive engineer of PWD bridges, assistant engineer and the overseer to the PWD secretary.
Two labourers drowned while five narrowly escaped after a section of the bridge under construction collapsed and fell into the river in Mavelikkara, Alappuzha district on Monday. The mishap occurred on the Kacherikadavu bridge constructed across the Achen Kovil river.
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