The reason people didn't hear about it is because there's a helluva lot more going on in the world than a defective bridge in India.
It is IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to hear about every event that occurs at every moment everywhere in the world.
There are things happening in the US every minute that most US citizens don't hear about. Things happening in your own city every day that you never hear about. You think that's all due to "Musks shenanigans"?
Despite what you seem to believe, he's not a superhero and he's not omnipotent. He doesn't possess the power to distract the people of the world from anything he doesn't want them to see.
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