India, Aug. 4 -- A part of Patna's double-deck flyover, built at a cost of Rs.422 crore, reportedly sank on Sunday following heavy rainfall, two months after its inauguration. The double-decker flyover, meant to decongest the perennially clogged Ashok Rajpath, was inaugurated in June this year.

A video, shared by news agency ANI, showed a crater on the state capital's first elevated corridor. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had inaugurated the newly-constructed flyover on June 11.

The 2.2 kilometer flyover, between Kargil Chowk at Gandhi Maidan to Science College via Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), was made to decongest Ashok Rajpath.

According to a Chief Minister's Office (CMO) statement, the flyover was built by the Biha...