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Under construction flyover collapses in West Bengal, none hurt

| | Nov 27, 2016, at 08:40 pm
Kolkata/Hooghly, Nov 27 (IBNS): Triggering the memory of Kolkata's deadly flyover tragedy, portion of an under construction flyover crashed at Mogra area in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Saturday midnight, reports said.

According to reports, a small part of the flyover, which is being made to reduce traffic on Grand Trunk (G.T.) Road, suddenly collapsed at late night.

Police officials said that as the incident took place at late night, anyone was neither injured in the accident nor trapped inside the concrete wreckage.

Construction firm's engineers have reached the scene to investigate the actual reason behind the mishap.

Earlier on March 31, portion of under construction Vivekananda flyover collapsed in north Kolkata's Posta area, killing at least 26 people and leaving several others injured.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

 

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