Pune Bridge Collapse: 40 Rescued; PM Modi, Amit Shah Name CM Fadnavis To Inquire About State of affairs | India Information
Forty individuals, together with those that sustained severe accidents, have been rescued to date within the Pune bridge collapse over the Indrayani River, an official mentioned on Sunday.
“Two groups of NDRF are engaged on the search and rescue operation… The stats of rescue until now are 40 individuals (injured) have additionally been despatched to the hospital… The NDRF will present additional info,” ANI quoted CRPF DIG Vaibhav Nimbalkar as saying.
As per the authorities, 4 useless our bodies have been recovered.
“We have now recovered 4 useless our bodies. 250 persons are working within the rescue operation. Their response time was fairly good because of which most individuals may very well be saved instantly… We are going to proceed the operation until we cowl the whole space and make sure that there is no such thing as a useless physique or particular person caught anyplace,” ANI quoted District Collector Jitendra Dudi as saying.
Roughly 125 vacationers have been on the iron bridge when the incident occurred and not less than 25 individuals have been swept away by the robust currents of the River, as per the TOI.
Earlier at present, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to inquire concerning the ongoing rescue operations.
Moreover, Dwelling Minister Amit Shah additionally spoke with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and inquired concerning the state of affairs on the bottom.
“Deeply saddened by the tragic incident of the bridge collapse on the Indrayani River in Talegaon, Pune. Spoke with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and inquired concerning the current state of affairs on the bottom,” Shah posted on X.
The bridge collapsed round 4 PM, injuring a number of individuals.
“This was an previous dilapidated iron bridge that collapsed round 4 PM. In keeping with the preliminary info, 2 individuals have died and round 5-7 rescued individuals have been despatched to the hospital… NDRF and native police have been deployed for the rescue operation,” ANI quoted DCP Vishal Gaikwad as saying.
