Floods wash away Rs 16-crore bridge opened on September 2 in Tamil Nadu

A newly built bridge across the South Pennar river in Tiruvannamalai district, inaugurated on Sept 2, was washed away due to excess rain and water discharge from Sathanur dam. The bridge was designed to withstand a discharge of 54,417 cusecs, but almost two lakh cusecs were released, causing extensive damage.