Army, NDRF begin rescue ops, Mamata reaches flyover

March 31, 2016 15:19

WB CM Mamata Banerjee at the spot where under-construction bridge collapsed near Ganesh Talkies in Kolkata. Residents of the area tell Bengali channel 24 Ghanta that the earth shook so violently when the flyover collapsed that those inside their homes in the area feared it was an earthquake and ran out of their homes. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has issued notices to many occupants to vacate decrepit buildings from the British era.

A reporter tells the channel that one of the victims trapped under a concrete beam begged for water but died before he could be lifted from under it.

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