A Bridge collapsed on Mumbai-Goa highway at around 2 am today. Traffic stopped, rescue ops underway
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 3, 2016
The primary reason seems to be the high pressure caused due to flooding of river Savitri due to heavy rains in catchment of Mahabaleshwar.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) August 2, 2016
There were 2 parallel bridges : one is a new bridge and one constructed during the British era.
The old one got collapsed.— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) August 2, 2016