India, July 2 -- A structural audit of over 16,000 bridges in Maharashtra has revealed that at least four are in an "extremely dangerous condition", while a report on another eight is still awaited, public works minister Shivendraraje Bhonsle informed the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.

Of the four bridges, two are in Panvel and one each in Dhule and Amravati. They will either be repaired or reconstructed based on their condition, added Bhonsle.

The audit was called for after a 30-year-old pedestrian bridge over the Indrayani River in Pune district collapsed on June 15, leaving four people dead and 51 injured. The incident raised questions over potential lapses on the part of the state government in maintaining bridges across the...