There was a high price to be paid from the collapse of a bridge in Jakarta: four dead and seven injured. This is what happened when a pedestrian bridge at Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, was brought down by strong winds on the Saturday before last.

Weakened by corrosion on its lower partsand with the additional weight of a three-meter advertising board that should have only been one meter tallthe bridge collapsed during high winds. There must be no r