187-year-old Amrutanjan Bridge between Mumbai and Pune to be demolished amid COVID 19 lockdown.

The article by ANI News and Pune Mirror confirms that the Amrutanjan bridge between Mumbai and Pune was demolished amid COVID-19 lockdown.

The article by ANI News and Pune Mirror confirms that the Amrutanjan bridge between Mumbai and Pune was demolished amid COVID-19 lockdown.The ANI article states that a nearly 187-year-old British-era Amrutanjan Bridge, near Lonavala, which linked to Mumbai and Pune expressway was demolished on 5 April 2020 by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRD). Additionally, the report the authorities had stated that they did not find any difficulty in demolishing the bridge as no traffic was observed near the area due to COVID-19 lockdown.

A news article published by The Pune Mirror explained that the Raigad district collector had permitted the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to carry out the demolition work between 4 to 14 April because of its dilapidated condition.

MSRDC had decided to pull down the Amrutanjan Bridge in 2019 but it was not able to find a suitable time because of heavy traffic but the COVID-19 lockdown has given an opportunity to finish this work. Moreover, the MSRDC chief engineer Dilip Ukirde told Mirror that the bridge was structurally weak and was located at a horizontal curve, which hampered the vision of drivers and leads to accidents.

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