Pune Chandni Chowk Bridge News: The bridge at Chandni Chowk in Pune was demolished at exactly 1:12 pm. For the last several days, preparations were going on to demolish this bridge. Traffic was stopped at 1 pm for the bridge to be demolished. 1300 holes were drilled in the structure of the bridge and 600 kg of explosives were filled in it. After twelve o’clock in the night the area became deserted. There are not many residential buildings in this area. Nearby hotels have been evacuated. At present, the work of clearing the debris from this place is going on.
The bridge at Chandni Chowk in Pune was demolished at exactly 1:70 pm. For the last several days, preparations were going on to demolish this bridge. Traffic was stopped at 1 pm for the bridge to be demolished. 1300 holes were drilled in the structure of the bridge and 600 kg of explosives were filled in it. After twelve o’clock in the night the area became deserted. There are not many residential buildings in this area. However, nearby hotels have been evacuated.
Traffic likely to start late
The stone and cement construction of this bridge has collapsed due to explosives. However, the steel structure used in the construction of this bridge remains the same. At the same time, the officials have also expressed their reaction that not all explosives should be detonated at the places where the explosives were kept. It is expected that the traffic will start late because at present the work of demolishing the bridge is going on with the help of Poklane. 50% of the bridge collapsed after the blast, there will be no second blast. Therefore, clearing the road is expected to take longer than expected.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has reacted to this saying that the citizens had told me about the problem of heavy traffic jam from Pune to Satara. I surveyed the area, after which instructions were given to NHI, PWD officials. After that it was decided to demolish the bridge built on Chandni Chowk to get rid of the traffic jam there. Control blasting decided to demolish this bridge. The Chief Minister said that the bridge was demolished today.
In the night, the police evacuated the entire area. Utkarsh Mehta Edifice Engineering Company has informed that we have been 100 percent successful in demolishing the bridge. Even after the explosion, it was said that the bridge did not collapse. Talking about this, the company said that we deliberately left some parts so that they do not explode. This method is called fission, the method used to demolish the twin towers is called impulsive detonation.
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