Kolkata flyover collapse: 25 killed so far

At least 25 people have been killed and another 100 injured after an under-construction flyover collapsed in North Kolkata near Ganesh Talkies (Girish Park) in India, Thursday afternoon, reports the Indian Express. 

 

The location of the bridge is in a densely populated locality in Barabazar.

 

Rescue operations are currently under-way in a joint operation by the NDRF and the Army.

 

Eyewitness said they heard a loud explosion and then a crashing sound. “A cloud of smoke emerged from the collapse,” they said.

 

Amidst the dust and debris, the big question was this: what led to the disaster? 

 

While a probe ordered by the government is expected to come up with answers, there were some clues on the ground. 

 

Officials said that the Left Front government had first come up with the idea of a flyover to de-congest this choked Burrabazar stretch. 

 

Work began in 2007 but stopped two years later because of shortage of funds.