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Behsud bridge contractor detained amid social media outcry

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JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The owner and workers of a construction company that built a bridge in eastern Nangarhar province have been arrested on corruption charges.

The second Behsud bridge, the country’s largest, has partially damaged due to its poor construction before its inauguration.

Some social media activists and media outlets accused the Ministry of Public Works of negligence in supervising the bridge’s construction process.

However, Nangarhar governor Mohammad Gulab Mangal on Wednesday visited the bridge and ordered arrest of officials of the company that had been awarded the contract of the $5 . . .

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