Story of India's first major 'wrong' construction, engineer suicide
The competition to take credit from the government and the failed engineering system has completely ruined the Gokhale Bridge in Andheri, Mumbai, which was built at a cost of about Rs 85 crore. This incident has put the credibility of the engineers of Railways and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in crisis. For the first time, a crude mockery of the engineering system is being made in India. social media users are asking two questions to the government by sharing the picture of the bridge. The first question is about crossing the bridge and the second question is about corruption. It is being said that for the first time in India, such an overhead bridge has been constructed, which can be crossed only by jumping or flying. Interestingly, to hide their negligence and corruption, the two government departments related to the bridge are busy blaming each other. Some people are comparing Mumbai's Gokhale Bridge with Balochistan's Khojak Tunnel. The reason is that the stories of both are almost similar.
First know the story of Khojak Tunnel
It is about the year 1889. The place was Baluchistan of british India. To avoid Russian attack, the british decided to build Khojak Railway Tunnel here. According to the available documents, the english engineers had set a target to build the tunnel within 3 years. To accomplish this goal, engineers started excavation work from both sides. When the digging of the tunnel gained momentum, many workers lost their lives due to insecurity, but a new turn in the matter came at the end of the tunnel. It is said that when the excavation of the tunnel was completed from both sides, a rumor spread that there was a huge difference in the excavation of both, due to which it is difficult to find its end.
When the engineers heard these things, they disappeared from there. According to Dawn's report, the Chief engineer committed suicide, taking responsibility for the entire incident, although after several efforts, the tunnel work was completed there in 1891. But if you read the story of Gokhale Bridge, you will see the deficiencies in today's system and the competition for more credit, where the standards of morality resemble some extinct tradition.