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A mere accident that has happened, we are sorry: IVRCL official

| | Apr 01, 2016, at 07:02 pm
Hyderabad, Apr 1 (IBNS) After the under construction Vivekananda Setu collapsed in Kolkata's Girish Park area on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and injuring many others, IVRCL officials, whose company had undertaken the construction said that it was a mere accident and the company is sorry for the terrible incident.

Hosting a press conference, two officials from the company said that they were unaware of why such an accident took place but would love to know as it will help them.

When asked about the 'Act of God' comment, they said that it was just an expression and nothing more.

"It was an expression to state that the mishap was out of everyone's control, no one had a role to play there," an official said.

"We are in a state of shock just as the whole nation," the official said.

They said that they are unaware of any investigation going on.

"We are not aware of any such thing."

The officials said that they too are anxious to find out the fault.

"We have used the same materials to build 59 such slabs, but why did the 60th one collapsed we do not know."

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