Bhara Kahu bypass flyover collapse: PM Shehbaz takes notice, forms committee to investigate incident

ISLAMABAD, March 03 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday took strict notice of the incident took place during the construction of Bhara Kahu Bypass Flyover in Islamabad.  

In a statement, he also constituted a committee headed by former Secretary Home Shahid Khan to probe into the incident and examine its every aspect.

The committee was directed to determine the responsible and prepare an inquiry report on emergency basis and submit it to the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister said that no laxity will be acceptable in the construction of Bhara Kahu Bypass Flyover project.

It is relevant to note here that the incident happened in less than a week after the bridge’s shuttering came apart leaving two labourers dead and three injured on last Saturday.

According to the details, three out of four girders were launched successfully on a portion of under-construction flyover but the balance could not be maintained while launching a fourth girder that pushed the rest of three girders downward.

CCTV footage of the incident making rounds on social media showed the massive concrete girders of the flyover tipping over, hitting another one before eventually caving in entirely, barely missing a pedestrian.

Soon after the incident, Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Noorul Amin Mengal rushed on site along with some other officers and ordered an inquiry into the incident, the same as he had ordered in an earlier incident.