The Centre has completed safety audit of 1.6 lakh bridges in the country and found 147 structures in dilapidated condition. The road ministry has completed safety audit of 1.6 lakh bridges in the country and found 147 structures in dilapidated condition. The ministry last year launched the Integrated Bridge Management System (IBMS) to create data of all bridges and culverts in the country as part of steps to avert mishaps. "As on date IBMS has a database of about 1.6 lakh structures, including 1.2 lakh culverts, and are being categories under different categories. These are then used to do a structural rating on a scale of 0 to 9, and each bridge is given a structural rating number.

Source: dna July 02, 2017 10:18 UTC