Over a month after a Portuguese-era bridge collapsed, the Goa government has hired a consultancy firm to conduct safety audit of all the bridges in the state.
Two persons had died and 30 went missing after a Portuguese-era bridge over Sanvordem river in south Goa collapsed on May 18.
"We have hired a consultancy firm which will conduct a safety audit of all the bridges in the state," Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Sudin Dhavalikar told reporters on the sidelines of an event to lay foundation stone of a flyover project near here.
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"The Goa government will incur expenses of Rs 2.30 crore for the safety audit work and the firm will have to complete the task in a year's time," said the minister.
He added that soon the work will be awarded to the firm.
"Those bridges which are in poor condition will be taken up for repairs on a priority basis by the PWD," he said.
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