NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A suspension bridge becoming crafted in India’s poorest state collapsed for the second time in 14 months, with one particular individual reported missing, Reuters companion ANI described on Monday.

The bridge was staying created around the River Ganges in Bhagalpur district of India’s jap state of Bihar.

Development was scheduled to be completed in 2019 but confronted many delays, together with all those induced by an previously collapse on April 30 last calendar year thanks to solid winds and rain.

“There was a substantial stir over listed here, it felt like there was a blast. Afterwards we observed out the bridge experienced collapsed,” Rakesh Kumar, a community resident, explained to ANI.

8 guys were on the bridge at the time of its collapse on Sunday, with a person guard reported lacking, ANI reported.

ANI footage confirmed a part of the bridge partly submerged in drinking water, with only some pillars and cables connected jutting out to indicate exactly where that portion of the construction when stood.

“We have executed an investigation and I have described the findings to the head of the district administration,” Deputy Head of District Administration Amit Raj informed ANI.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, speaking to reporters on Monday, also promised “rigorous motion”.

“It is not staying manufactured accurately that is why it is collapsing. It really should have been manufactured far more solid,” he reported.

In October final year, a colonial-period suspension bridge collapsed in the city of Morbi in the western state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds into the Machchhu river underneath and killing 135.

It experienced reopened just days before subsequent months of repairs.

(Reporting by Sakshi Dayal Editing by Nick Macfie)