Trinath & Vikramaditya
Billyground, June 08: A truck got stuck when the portion of Andaman Trunk Road caved in near Hari Nagar Panchayt of Billyground area, early this morning.
As per sources, the truck was loaded with heavy materials and when it was trying to cross a under construction culvert area of Hari Nagar, the accident took place. The Culvert is half complete and only other half portion of the road is open for traffic but as per sources last night due to heavy rain, there was soil erosion under the road surface and hence when this heavy truck was trying to cross the said road stretch, the road caved in.
Sources said that the cave-in was more than 3-4 feet deep. ATR Traffic was also disrupted in the area after this incident.
Later on information the DC North and Middle Andaman sent a team to repair road portion and to clear the traffic.
As per sources most of the culvert construction sites of ATR in middle Andaman are very poorly maintained and there is hardly a caution sign. The DC N & M Andaman today visited the site himself and issued a warning to concern Contractor for ensuring safety of public in ATR.
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