At least two persons were killed while another one sustained injury after a portion of an old bridge in Odisha’s Cuttack city collapsed last evening, a police official said.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred when renovation and expansion work of the Taladanda Canal road near the bridge, connecting Chhatra Bazar and Malgodown, was under way.<\/p>\n
Following the incident, fire service personnel and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams rushed to the spot to rescue the persons trapped under the debris. <\/p>\n
During the operation, three persons were extricated and taken to the SCB Medical College, where doctors declared two dead. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.<\/p>\n
“It is a very unfortunate incident. Two workers engaged in the construction work have died while another got minor injury,” Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner S.K. Priyadarsi said.<\/p>\n
Cuttack Municipal Commissioner Ananya Das visited the spot and said the incident occurred when the renovation work was going on.<\/p>\n
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed deep grief at the death of two persons in the incident and conveyed his deep condolence to the bereaved family. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased, and directed best medical treatment be provided to the injured and wished a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n
The Chief Minister has also ordered an inquiry into the circumstances leading to this incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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