Bridge collapses as bauxite-loaded truck hits it

The Pioneer, 11th September, 2008
Pioneer News Service Bhawanipatna

A narrow grade-C bridge near Pastikudi on National Highway-201 between Bhawanipatna and Kesinga collapsed as a bauxite-overloaded truck overturned on it on Tuesday.
Hundreds of trucks carrying nearly 33 tonnes of bauxite are regularly plying from Kesinga railway station to the Lanjigarh-based Vedanta Alumina's refinery every month, leaving the roads with big dotted holes, whereas only 8 tonnes of load should be carried at a time.
The officials of the Road Transport Office say that they were collecting fine from the heavy loaded trucks, but the question arises that whether the fine collected from the trucks is higher than the price of the proposed new construction of the NH.