The injured — Mohammad Rabiul, 30, Mohammad Mafiz, 28 and Ferdous, 40, of the area — have been hospitalised.

The accident occurred around 8 pm when the rope of a crane snapped while installing girders over the bridge, leaving the three injured, said executive engineer of the Dohazari unit of the Roads and Highways Department. 

Local people, however, attributed the accident to faulty construction work.

A bridge over the Sikalbaha canal was built way back in 1995. The 3rd and 4th spans of the bridge fell on the canal on November 18, 2007.

The Roads and Highways Department bid a tender of Tk 21.97 crore in 2009. Later, the government allocated Tk 26 crore more for the project, which was scheduled to end on June 30, 2019.

However, the project deadline was extended to June 30, 2020. The deadline had to be extended again due to Covid.