By PTI
UDHAMPUR: A nine-year-old lady died and 61 people, along with a variety of kids, have been injured on Friday when a footbridge collapsed due to overloading as people swarmed it all through Baisakhi celebrations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officers talked about.
The authorities has ordered a probe led by Deputy Commissioner Udhampur into the collapse.
The incident occurred at Beni Sangam in Bain village of Chenani block all through Baisakhi celebrations, they talked about.
Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Krittika Jyotsna, who visited the hospital to meet the injured, suggested reporters that the accident occurred late throughout the afternoon when the people have been celebrating Baisakhi.
“Sixty-two people were injured. Out of them, 35 were admitted to district hospital. The critically injured were taken to GMC Hospital in Jammu”, she talked about.
The completely different injured have been admitted to Chenani hospital, the officers talked about. “One girl has died in the hospital,” Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar suggested PTI.
According to sources, the deceased has been acknowledged as Anu Kumari. People in big numbers have been on the bridge when it collapsed, the officers talked about.
The bridge collapsed due to overloading as big number of people have been on it on the time of the accident, Kumar talked about.
He talked about the probe into the collapse will probably be led by the Udhampur Deputy Commissioner. Police and help teams rushed to the spot and commenced rescue operations, the officers talked about.
Videos and photographs purporting to point the extent of hurt throughout the far-flung Chenani block have been extensively circulated on social media.
UDHAMPUR: A nine-year-old lady died and 61 people, along with a variety of kids, have been injured on Friday when a footbridge collapsed due to overloading as people swarmed it all through Baisakhi celebrations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officers talked about.
The authorities has ordered a probe led by Deputy Commissioner Udhampur into the collapse.
The incident occurred at Beni Sangam in Bain village of Chenani block all through Baisakhi celebrations, they talked about.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Krittika Jyotsna, who visited the hospital to meet the injured, suggested reporters that the accident occurred late throughout the afternoon when the people have been celebrating Baisakhi.
“Sixty-two people were injured. Out of them, 35 were admitted to district hospital. The critically injured were taken to GMC Hospital in Jammu”, she talked about.
The completely different injured have been admitted to Chenani hospital, the officers talked about. “One girl has died in the hospital,” Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar suggested PTI.
According to sources, the deceased has been acknowledged as Anu Kumari. People in big numbers have been on the bridge when it collapsed, the officers talked about.
The bridge collapsed due to overloading as big number of people have been on it on the time of the accident, Kumar talked about.
He talked about the probe into the collapse will probably be led by the Udhampur Deputy Commissioner. Police and help teams rushed to the spot and commenced rescue operations, the officers talked about.
Videos and photographs purporting to point the extent of hurt throughout the far-flung Chenani block have been extensively circulated on social media.
