ENGINEERING LESSONS: EPISODE 20 SAMRUDDHI EXPRESSWAY VUP COLLAPSED
EPISODE 20 SAMRUDDHI EXPRESSWAY VUP COLLAPSED
Place Maharashtra's Samruddhi Expressway, (Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway) Package -3
Date of Incident: 7/1/2021
Fatality: Officially No
Contractor : NCC
Reason:
VUP collapsed due to over dumping of green concrete concentrated to a portion over the slab, which leaded to load concentration over a point, as due to which the ground support system failed to carry the load, eventually lead to collapse.