New Delhi: Four labourers were killed in a bridge collapse in Pauri Garhwal district early on Sunday morning. Sixteen others were injured and many others are feared to be still trapped under the debris. The under-construction structure over Alaknanda river collapsed when concrete was being poured into the steel frame. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has ordered an inquiry into the incident. The reasons for the collapse of the bridge were...
12:11 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Jakarta: A busy bridge collapsed on Saturday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring 17 others as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, police and witnesses said. Captain Syafii Nafsikin said search and rescue teams rushed to the scene. Survivors, swimming to shore, were screaming in panic. The sprawling, 700-metre bridge built to resemble the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco linked the...
08:33 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Darjeeling: The death toll in the Darjeeling bridge collapse rose to 34 on Sunday. Government announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the kin of the dead and has assured to bear the expenses of the treatment. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be travelling to North Bengal on Sunday to visit the victims. Over 60 people were injured when an old wooden footbridge over a spring gave way under...
07:09 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Mumbai: Two people have died and 3 injured after a slab of the Monorail collapsed at the Chembur Vashi Naka in Mumbai on Friday. All of the dead and injured were labourers at the site. The monorail system is currently under construction in Mumbai. The construction began two years ago in Jan 2009. "The support beam used in the construction of the bridge collapsed this evening, leaving four persons injured,"...
07:50 PM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said that some of the "best" firms involved in Commonwealth Games projects had cut corners with quality despite having taken "so much money". "I can tell you that I have been through the Commonwealth Games recently and I find the best companies cutting corners with quality," Dikshit said during a panel discussion on urban development. "You feel scared that they have...
08:31 PM, Dec 16, 2010
A foot overbridge being constructed near the main venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium collapsed, injuring 27 labourers, 4 of them critical. ...
12:10 AM, Sep 22, 2010
On India@9, Rajdeep Sardesai asks the Urban Development Minister whether the Games are a national shame. ...
11:52 PM, Sep 21, 2010
The Chief Executive of CGF expressed disappointment over the state of cleanliness at the Games Village, calling the conditions 'filthy'. ...
11:17 PM, Sep 21, 2010
New Delhi: The Government on Tuesday faced another embarrassment when an under-construction foot overbridge collapsed injuring 27 people outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games. Four people out of the 27 injured are said to be in critical condition. Principal Secretary of the Public Works Department (PWD) K K Sharma told CNN-IBN that the incident happened when a slab was being laid; the work however...
09:11 PM, Sep 21, 2010
NHAI has allowed the two companies to continue construction work. ...
12:13 PM, Dec 29, 2009
Rescue and relief workers have recovered bodies of 32 workers so far. ...
02:59 PM, Dec 28, 2009
Chances of missing workers' surviving are getting slimmer by the hour. ...
12:06 AM, Dec 26, 2009
Around 250 workers were working at the site, trapped. ...
10:04 AM, Dec 25, 2009
The government had warned against over crowding on the bridge. ...
09:51 PM, Aug 25, 2009
A four-member expert committee is probing DMRC's worst accident. ...
06:15 PM, Jul 24, 2009
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