Savitri river News

The government on Sunday said a bridge in Maharashtra has been built in a record 165 days.

On the night of August 2, a British-era bridge constructed over Savitri river on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed.

On Thursday, wreckage of Rajapur-Borivali MSRTC bus was retrieved approximately 170 and 200 meters from the collapsed bridge.

Battling strong currents and crocodiles, Indian Navy divers on Thursday located two pieces of wreckage of one of the two ill-fated State Transport buses which were washed away on August 3 when a bridge on raging Savitri river in Mahad collapsed due to floods.

It's a major breakthrough in Mahad bridge collapse tragedy!

The ill-fated British-era bridge across Savitri river, whose collapse claimed 26 lives, was to be dismantled in December this year as part of Mumbai-Goa Highway expansion project, Maharashtra Government Wednesday said as search continued for people who went missing after the crash.

On the night of August 2, the bridge constructed over Savitri river on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed.

Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday during the search operation in Savitri river where two state-run buses and some private vehicles were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed in Mahad, taking the toll in the tragedy to 24.

The Maharashtra government today ordered a judicial probe into the mishap and announced the kin of the deceased staff members of two state-run buses would either be given job or compensation of Rs 10 lakh each.

At least 22 people went missing after two state-run buses were swept away in flooded Savitri river when a British-era bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa Highway near here in Raigad district but no survivors or bodies have been found after a gruelling 14-hour search and rescue operation.