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Watch: Cracks appear on newly constructed UP road as BJP MLA smashes coconut to inaugurate it

The Bijnor MLA, Suchi Chaudhury, in whose constituency the road was built, has demanded a probe.

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Dec 04, 2021 · 12:45 pm
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This 7 km road in west UP’s Bijnor took 1.16 crores to renovate but when @BJP4UP MLA Suchi Chaudhary tried a coconut cracking ritual to formally inaugurate it , its the road that cracked open, she says …. pic.twitter.com/fvtaEEsNWf

— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) December 3, 2021

…. The MLA says she waited on the spot for three hours for a team of officers to arrive and take samples of the road to investigate. She has promised tough action against those responsible pic.twitter.com/zwDiioqIXu

— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) December 3, 2021

This is the MLA’s version …. pic.twitter.com/fxwJo7VUIR

— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) December 3, 2021

…. And this is what an engineer with the @UPGovt ‘s irrigation department that handled the renovation had to say … pic.twitter.com/Dctyer5uuC

— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) December 3, 2021
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