BURDWAN: A portion of the guard wall along National Highway-19 collapsed in the Sordanga area of Memari in East Burdwan district on Wednesday at 9.50am. A part of the carriageway was also affected. No casualties were reported.Traffic movement was closed temporarily in the affected lane, causing inconvenience to commuters. Locals said the highway expansion work was completed only a few months ago. Traffic DSP Ashish Mondal said a side lane of the flyover collapsed and a portion of the third lane was also damaged.
