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00:00welcome back to lokmat times buckle up because we are taking a sharp turn into india's latest

00:07infrastructure controversy after bhopal's infamous 90 degree bridge went viral for all the wrong

00:13reasons indoors under construction z-shaped railway overbridge is now under fire for its

00:20two 90 degree turns is this a design disaster waiting to happen or are the officials right to

00:27defend it today we'll break down the indore road over brit saga hear from locals and experts and

00:34uncover other shocking infrastructure fail across india stay tuned in the story you won't believe

00:41hit that subscribe button and let's get started india's infrastructure dreams are taking a bizarre

00:47turn just weeks after bhopal's 90 degree railway overbridge became a national laughing stock

00:54indore's under construction z-shaped bridge is now raising eyebrows with two 90 degree turns this

01:00one kilometer long structure has locals experts and even politicians worried about accidents and traffic

01:07chaos so what's going on with india's bridges and why do these design disasters keep happening let's

01:14find out meet indore's latest headache a 1027 meter long and 12 meter wide railway overbridge or rob

01:23designed to connect polo ground laxmi by nagar and bhagirat pura this bridge was meant to ease traffic

01:29for thousands of daily commuters but there's a catch it's a zeldish shaped design including two 90 degree

01:37sharp turns locals feared this could turn into an accident hot spot dhananjai chinchalgar president of the

01:44polo ground industrialists welfare association didn't hold long after inspecting the site the turns are too sharp

01:52and the slope is too steep if the design isn't fit accidents are certain indore's mp shankar lalwani

01:59spotted the issue during a government meeting in june 2025 he immediately wrote to the madhya pradesh pwd

02:06minister mr rakesh singh urging a redesign to soften the sharp turns lalwani warned that without changes the

02:14bridge could cause traffic jams and accidents social media is buzzing too with users calling it

02:20indoors answer to bhopal's blunder and joking saying that is this a bridge or a roller coaster the congress

02:28party even claimed such designs fuel corruption only to be fixed later for more funds but not everyone

02:35agrees it's a disaster pwd minister rakeh singh insists that the bridge follows indian road congress

02:42standards with a 20 meter turning radius above the minimum 15 meters he says the design with five

02:49curves ensures safety and was approved with a joint survey with the railways still after the public

02:55backlash the pwd's executive engineer gourmet kaur bhatia announced a re-examination of the design

03:02if improvements are needed we'll make she said but for now construction continues and the debate rages on

03:10indore's z bridge isn't india's first brush with bizarre bridge designs this last month bhopal's

03:16ash bagh road over bridge went viral for its near 90 degree turn built for rupees 18 crore to connect

03:23mahamayaka bagh and new bhopal it was meant to ease congestion for many commuters instead it sparked

03:30outrage for being unsafe the national highway authority of india deemed it risky for vehicles going above 35

03:38kilometers per hour after a public uproar chief minister mohan yadav suspended seven engineers

03:44blacklisted two firms and ordered a redesign but the damage was already done memes flooded social media

03:51calling it a state of confusion these bridges are just the tip of the iceberg india's infrastructure

03:58has seen its share of mishaps in bihar a bridge over the gang is collapsed in 2023 after missing eight

04:05deadlines costing crores in mumbai a flyover which took eight years to be made could not even survive

04:12for eight hours after its inauguration another incident was reported in mumbai with the two

04:18sides of a flyover misconnecting by six feet talking about the gujarat incident it killed around 12 civilians

04:26as vehicles fell into the river after the bridge collapsed in gujarat's vadodara so now experts point to be

04:32bureaucratic in fighting rushed approvals and land constraints as culprits structural engineer prakhar

04:40pagaria says serpentine or sharp angle bridges are risky unless there is no other choice so what's next

04:47for indoors z bridge the pwd promises transparency and safety but locals like truck drivers worry about

04:55navigating through the sharp turns the government has ordered a technical review and additional land may be

05:01acquired to smooth out the curves but india's track record of infrastructure vows many are skeptical

05:08will indore's rodover bridge be redesigned in time or will it join bhopal as another cautionary tale

05:16india's infrastructure is at crossroads from indore's z-shaped rodover bridge to bhopal's 90 degree disaster

05:23these projects highlight the need for better planning and accountability what do you think can india

05:29fix it infrastructure vows or we are headed to more sharp turns drop your thoughts in the comments and

05:36hit the like button also subscribe for more stories that matter this is gaurang from lokma times signing off

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