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A1sauc3d t1_iugsyia wrote

Reply to comment by acqz in 130 killed as bridge collapses in Gujarat (India), days after reopening by techaddict0099

Yeah that’s what the spokes person for the group in charge of its maintenance said. Definitely just sounds like preliminary pr bs to pass off the blame which ultimately falls on their shoulders.

No bridge should be so fragile that a few to many people in any one spot causes the whole thing to come down.

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H-Man132 t1_iuh318v wrote

There were 400 more people then the recommended Idk that isn't a few imo

No hate just saying

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A1sauc3d t1_iuh3b2b wrote

There were only 150 people on the bridge total when it collapsed, per the linked article. So idk where you’re getting 400 more than recommended from.

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H-Man132 t1_iuh3qxz wrote

Op posted CCTV footage and says 150people capacity but 500 were on it I guess misunderstood something

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A1sauc3d t1_iuh3vft wrote

Yeah I think the OP is wrong. Even just by looking at the cctv 500 seems way too high. Obviously could be an illusion due to the angle, but even in that clip it’s not like there isn’t empty space, and to fit 500 people on there they would have to be right on top of each other.

I bet it was more like recommended capacity was 100 and they had 150 on there. But that’s definitely a failure on the bridges end. People aren’t counting heads as they’re checking out this tourist attraction. Something like this shouldn’t have been possible from just a handful of extra people who got a little roust.

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Pm-mepetpics t1_iugxix9 wrote

https://imgur.com/5Pvtgoe

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A1sauc3d t1_iuh2prx wrote

Yeah, that definitely should not have been able to take down the whole bridge. Someone’s got some splainin to do.

Good find tho! Thanks for sharing it.

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Pm-mepetpics t1_iuh397a wrote

No problem and can’t take the credit it was someone else in this thread as well and they mentioned the bridge was only supposed to carry 100 people and 500 were on it, I can’t verify their claims but they’re on this thread if you want to ask them for sources.

Edit: fixed my horrible grammar

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A1sauc3d t1_iuh3e0b wrote

The linked article says “Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, who rushed to Morbi, said about 150 people were on the bridge at the time of the accident.”, so idk where this 500 number is coming from.

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