09-01-2007, 09:09 PM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Bridge design had a fault which was rectified : Shamim Siddiqui</span></b>[/center]
<b>KARACHI : Federal minister for communications Shamim Siddiqui said that a fault was found in the design of the Northern Bypass bridge during its construction and it was allowed to complete the construction of the bridge after the satisfactory rectification of the fault.</b>
Talking with Geo News, <b>he said that the bridge structure of 4,000 metric tons collapsed and there is no machinery available anywhere in the world to lift such huge debris.</b>
The federal minister said that the incident of the bridge collapse is very tragic in which precious human lives were lost.
He said that the efforts are being made to complete the rescue operation in two to three hours.
Shamim Siddiqui said that the contractor, consultant and advisory department are involved in the construction of the bridge. Any one of them is responsible.
He said that after the direction from prime minister Shaukat Aziz, a committee is being formed for investigating the incident of the bridge collapse.
He said that city nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal is present on the spot and he is supervising the situation.
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