Flyover section which collapsed was finished last night

March 31, 2016 17:37

According to a highly placed official in Nabanna (West Bengal secretariat), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had asked for the construction on the flyover to be speeded up as she was planning a pre-election inauguration.

As a result, labourers were working round the clock to finish the project.
Work on the part of the flyover that collapsed was finished last night, the official told Indrani Roy/Rediff.com.

The West Bengal government has put the toll as 15 dead and over 50 injured.

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