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Mahesh

02/11/22 04:43 AM IST

Suspension Bridge Working

In News 
  • The century-old cable suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi, collapsed into the river, sending hundreds plunging into the water.
  • The bridge was a tourist attraction and had long been hailed as a magnificent engineering marvel.
About Bridge 
  • It was a pedestrian suspension bridge that was inaugurated in 1879.
  • The bridge was made during the reign of Sir Waghji Ravaji, the Thakur Sahib of Morbi.
  • Sir Waghji is credited with planning and building the entire city of Morbi.
Suspension Bridge 
  • As the name implies, suspension bridges suspend the roadway by cables, ropes or chains from two tall towers.
  • In simple words, it is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.Suspension bridges depend on the balance of the forces of compression and tension.
  • The design ensures that the load on the suspension cables is transferred to the towers at the two ends, which transfer them further by vertical compression to the ground by way of the anchorage cables.
  • All of this balancing has to happen within the permissible weight restrictions for the bridge.
Measures to mitigate these incidences 
  • Tourist and pilgrimage centres around the country should carry out safety and environmental audits to ensure that crowd management and safety protocols are in place to avoid tragedies such as this.
  • The rapid pace of road and infrastructure development in ecologically sensitive areas such as the Himalayas should be in accordance with topographic limitations.
  • Tourism promotion campaigns must include creating safety awareness among visitors and local officials.
  • More must be done to regulate the flow of travellers according to the infrastructure capacity of particular destinations.
Source- Indian Express 

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