At the least two individuals are feared lifeless and several may additionally have been swept away after an iron bridge over Indrayani River collapsed on sunday afternoon, june 15, in Pune’s Maval tehsil, officers stated.
A complete of 20 to 25 humans had been on the bridge on the time of the incident.
The incident passed off in Kundamala place, which has been seeing heavy rains during the last few days, giving the river a consistent go with the flow, an respectable from Talegaon Dabhade police station stated. It was not raining when the bridge collapsed, he introduced.
Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi stated 38 human beings were rescued to this point, and 30 of them hospitalised, even as six others sustained critical injuries.
The collector said the precise wide variety of human beings present on the bridge whilst it collapsed and swept away is being assessed. “We are also assessing what number of people are missing,” he delivered.
Groups of the country wide disaster reaction pressure (NDRF) and employees from other specialised devices, consisting of the hearth brigade, are at the spot, which turned into crowded due to it being a sunday, the legit delivered.
The bridge, also referred to as Kundamala Bridge, is a popular vacation spot at some point of monsoons.
Bridge collapsed due to crowding: Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra deputy leader minister ajit pawar said the iron bridge was rusted and, prima facie, gave manner as numerous humans had been status at the structure, killing two people.
“we have acquired numerous versions of the incident. As in keeping with the initial statistics, the bridge changed into vintage and rusted. Many human beings had been status at the bridge while it collapsed,” he stated
He said a plan for building a new bridge over the river turned into sanctioned.
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