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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Majherhat Bridge collapse site after arriving in Kolkata

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Majherhat Bridge collapse site after arriving in Kolkata

| @indiablooms | 05 Sep 2018, 01:51 pm

Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday arrived at the site where the Majherhat Bridge collapsed on Tuesday, leaving one person dead.

Mamata Banerjee returned to Kolkata after completing her trip to Darjeeling.

The accident claimed one life and injured 25 others.

A nearly 200 feet block of a 40-year-old rail over bridge collapsed on Majherhat canal beside railway tracks.

Several private cars and motorcycles, three app based cabs and one minibus were trapped in the wreckage and several people were hurt in the mishap.

Local police, state fire and emergency services officials, Disaster Management Group (DMG) personnel, a unit of NDRF and a team from the Indian Army joined the rescue operation after the collapse of the bridge.

The rescue operation is still underway but no more body is feared to be trapped now, local media report said.

After being rescued, injured persons were rushed to CMRI and SSKM hospitals.

A day after a portion of Majherhat railway over bridge (ROB) collapsed, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted permission to an advocate to lodge a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) into the disaster while the city police has registered a suo motu FIR against the bridge's maintenance agencies, reports said.

 

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