At long last - the armed forces are lending a hand to the CWG ... We've seen a Bailey Bridge before, across the Borim bridge when the center span crashed after a barge hit one of the pillars. Now a similar strategy is being used to fill in the gap fter the footbridge collapsed. Hopefully it will stand ....
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cwgarticleshow/6622920.cms NEW DELHI: When all systems fail, call in the Army. With time running out, a desperate Delhi government has now asked the Army to build a foot overbridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in place of the one that collapsed on Tuesday. The bridge will facilitate movement of spectators. The move came after officials responsible for securing the stadium found that an alternative movement plan for spectators would pose a security risk. Top Delhi government officials said the Army plans to begin work immediately and is expected to deliver the bridge within five days. "This will be a Bailey bridge,'' chief secretary Rakesh Mehta told TOI. A bailey bridge is a prefabricated truss bridge used by the military to bridge gaps.
