Six labourers were killed while three others got injured on Friday after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed following a storm over the Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, officials said.Three workers were stranded on one of the bridge pillars and efforts were made to bring them to rescue them. (PTI screengrab)The accident took place around 3am near Morakandar Parsani village in Lalpura where a bridge linking the village with Naithi in Kurara area was being built. Officials said strong winds and rain swept through the area late on Wednesday night when a concrete slab of the bridge suddenly caved in.Several workers had been resting beneath and around the structure to shelter from the storm when the slab collapsed on them.Also Read:Bridge collapse: 2 more bodies recovered; CM orders probePolice, district administration officials and teams of the state disaster response force (SDRF) reached the site after the incident and launched rescue operations.Three workers were stranded on one of the bridge pillars and efforts were made to bring them to rescue them.The deceased were identified as Lokendra Nishad, 22, Kuldeep Nishad, 19, both from Chilla in Banda district; Sawant Yadav, 28, a resident of Bhuragarh; Sabhajeet, 30; Pushpendra Singh Chauhan, 34, from Swasa Khurd in Hamirpur; and Rajesh Pal, 42, from Achpura.Officials said rescue operations were underway.
6 workers killed after part of under-construction bridge collapses in UP’s Hamirpur
Officials said strong winds and rain swept through the area late on Wednesday night when a concrete slab of the bridge suddenly caved in | India News
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A section of an under-construction bridge over the Betwa river in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh collapsed during a storm at 3am, killing six labourers and injuring three others who had sheltered beneath the structure. SDRF rescue teams are on site; three workers remain stranded on a bridge pillar pending evacuation.
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