Rain, floods impede rescue efforts at collapsed Mahad bridge

August 05, 2016 11:47

Heavy rain delayed the resumption of rescue operations on Friday to find those missing in the Mahad bridge collapse over the Savitri river on the Mumbai-Goa highway on Tuesday.

National Disaster Relief Force officials said the search and rescue operations which were to resume early Friday morning, could start only after 8 am.

"It was raining the whole night in Mahad on Thursday and the river has once again become tough to tackle. We are putting all our efforts to trace the missing vehicles and the people who were travelling in them," said an NDRF official.

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