Chandrapur (Maharashtra): Just a month after 135 people lost their lives in the tragic Morbi cable bridge collapse incident in Gujarat, a woman in Maharashtra died and at least nine others were injured after part of an old foot-over bridge collapsed at Ballarshah railway station in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Sunday.
The passengers fell from the bridge on the track from a height of about 20 feet. The injured were shifted to Chandrapur Medical College for treatment where one of them succumbed to injuries. The deceased was identified as Neelima Rangari.
Those injured include Ranjana Khatad, Chaya Bhagat, Sachi Patil, Nidhi Bhagat, Chaitanya Bhagat, Anjali Verma, Priya Khatad, and Anurag Khatad. Two of them are serious. The incident took place while a train was approaching the station which usually sees a rush of migrant workers.
Maharashtra: Foot-over bridge collapses at Ballarshah railway station; 4 injured Sources said the bridge was in a dilapidated state for a long time and the Railway authorities did not renovate it. "Part of pre-cast slab of Foot over bridge at Balharshah, Nagpur division fell down at around 5.10 pm today. Four persons were injured in the incident and all have been shifted to Civil Hospital after giving first aid," Chief PRO, Central Railway, Mumbai said earlier in the day.
Railway announced an ex gratia Rs 1 lakh to the grievously injured and Rs 50,000 to those who sustained minor injuries. "Injured persons being given best medical treatment by shifting them to other hospitals for early recovery," the CPRO said.
