India, June 15 -- The bridge over Indrayani River in Maharashtra's Pune district, which collapsed on Sunday afternoon, was built 30 years ago for the movement of farmers, NCP MLA Sunil Shelke has said.

Shelke told the news agency ANI that the bridge was periodically repaired, and tourists were prohibited from entering it.

He said that the bridge collapsed due to the excessive load of tourists and two-wheelers.

"This bridge was constructed for the movement of farmers 30 years ago. But due to the excessive load of tourists and two-wheelers, this bridge collapsed. 2 people have died," Shelke said, according to ANI.

"Pimpri-Chinchwad and NDRF are fully supporting. We used to repair it time to time and had denied the entry of tourists... b...