BHOPAL: A major road accident was averted when a 100-metre stretch of road near Sukhi Sevania on the outskirts of Bhopal caved in on Monday afternoon, as there was no traffic on the road at the time of the incident. The Sukhi Sevania police swung into action, closing traffic on the road which caved in. The MP Road Development Corporation (MPRDC), which maintains the road, also announced a probe into the cave-in by a panel led by a chief engineer. Constructed in 2013, the road in question is part of Indore-Jabalpur bypass and connects Indore, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Mandla and Sagar. After July’s MP Nagar cave-in debacle, another road sinks The road was constructed in 2013 under buildoperation-transfer (BOT) model by a company but in 2020, contract with the company was cance

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