The bridge over Pichla river in Phansidewa block came down when a lorry carrying bricks was crossing it. A section of the metro rail bridge collapse on the Andheri-Kurla road in Mumbai. These 4 images in the 20-second video, caused concern, especially if the owner of the video was to be believed. Procurement Projection FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25. Press Note BMRCL SOP 03.09.2020. This has sparked a debate among concerned citizens. Click here to view Namma Metro App User Manual. Citizens of Bengaluru were given a jolt on Monday morning when a video was circulated claiming that a metro bridge connecting Whitefield and KR Puram in the vicinity of Phoenix Market City, Bengaluru had broken. Close of the crash site 5. With fake news and social media, it's hard to know if an actual incident has taken place or if it's all just talk. The pillars of the Bengaluru metro lines are cylindrical. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee blames metro work for Majherhat bridge collapse; death toll rises to 3 Jayatri Nag Jayatri Nag / Updated: Sep 6, 2018, 20:08 IST Facebook This video was also uploaded on a YouTube channel with the caption- 'Near Whitefield KR Puram Phoenix mall metro bridge broken'. "It is stated by a section of press and media that railway's construction work was going on. M'lore: Traffic Affected as Embankment Collapses at Netravati Bridge ... Last time there was a news about Bangalore metro rail starting in the month of April in this website. Mumbai: A site engineer and supervisor involved in the construction of a Metro rail bridge in suburban Andheri, have been arrested, after a section of the bridge collapsed on Tuesday killing a labourer and injuring 16 others, police said on Friday. While the MLA managed to hold on to the ground at the last minute, a few of his associates slipped and fell down and sustained minor injuries. Mumbai Bridge Collapse: 5 dead and 32 injured ... Nearly 40,000 aspirants who applied for 174 Bangalore Metro vacancies still await recruitement. The collapse of the five-storey under construction building in the Indian city of Bangalore killed three workers and trapped a number of others - a late night rescue operation is now underway. The video shows four people, three women and a man walking from the automatic fare collection gate in the station and the ceiling falling just a few feet away from the passengers, who look horrified by the incident. A public helpline has been set up to provide necessary information related to the collapse of the under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro. Watch: Four passengers had a narrow escape after a false ceiling at National College metro station in Bengaluru came crashing down on Monday around 6 p.m., the incident came to light on Wednesday. When the MLA and his associates went inspect the bridge, the structure collapsed further due to the weight of the people around. When contacted officials of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), they said that a brick got loosened resulting in falling off the ceiling. Click here to view the Alternatives Analysis Reports for Phase 2A Metro Corridors. It is high time that our officers stay away from rampant corruption to ensure quality service and infrastructure to the tax-payers,” Abhijith V R, a law consultant in the city said. Part of a bridge being built for the Mumbai Metro collapses, killing at least one person and injuring a number of others, officials say. Bengaluru: Foot overbridge linking Yeshwantpur metro, railway stations to come up soon to ease commuter woes Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) officials said tenders have been invited to construct seven FOBs in the city, including in five other locations, at … Furthermore, no such incident of a Bengaluru metro bridge collapse has been reported recently in Whitefield. The commercial service of the Namma Metro will commence on October 20. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/gtNVmt2c0a, — EXPRESS Bengaluru (@IEBengaluru) October 3, 2019. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines. The collapsed bridge was being constructed to connect Shaikh Zayed Road with Doha Street and was part of the new First Interchange (Defence roundabout). Comparison with the images from the Gurgaon flyover collapse shows, the people are positioned similarly in the images, so are the vehicles. Kolkata: Amid blame game over the partial collapse of a bridge in south Kolkata's Majherhat, the Eastern Railway on Wednesday confirmed it was not conducting any maintenance work at the accident site. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation's Namma metro train does a trial run in Bangalore on October 17, 2011. This part of the overhead metro bridge is on the crowded Andheri-Kurla road that leads to the airport and the collapse is expected to cause traffic pile-ups in this business area. Moreover, for it to be a metro bridge the metro bridge surface isn't flat, it commonly has a dip in the middle to accommodate the tracks. Metro flyover collapse Photogallery. Moreover, these particular pictures actually belong to that of the Gurgaon flyover collapse on Saturday night. A government pre-university college (PUC) on Magadi Road which was to be demolished to make way for the Metro corridor has been saved by a … “These metro stations are places visited by thousands on a daily basis. In a gruesome mishap on Sunday morning, part of the Delhi Metro segment under-construction collapsed in Zamroodpur, close to Kailash Colony, South Delhi, killing five labourers and injuring 15 others. In the comments, however, some called the video a 'fake'. Part of false ceiling collapses at Bengaluru metro station The video shows four people, three women and a man walking from the automatic fare collection gate in the station and the ceiling falling just a few feet away from the passengers, who look horrified by the incident. On Monday morning, a video emerged showing a series of pictures that were being circulated on social media. Pan of the collapsed bridge 2. A crane working on the construction of bridge for the Delhi Metro collasped in New Delhi. The lighting as well is starkly the same, suggesting that the images have been unedited. Two panels of a false ceiling at metro station in Bengaluru collapsed on Monday while four passengers were entering via the automatic fare collection gate. One person died and 16 others were injured in the metro rail bridge collapse accident at Andheri on Tuesday evening. No one was injured in the incident. Ralph Alex ArakalRalph works as Senior Sub Editor for The Indian Express Online (indian... read more, Copyright © 2021 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. 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Three labourers were killed and at least seven others injured when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in South Delhi early on Sunday morning. The Majerhat bridge collapse Significantly, the elevated Majerhat Metro station is being constructed on a plot next to the collapsed Majerhat bridge. Rescuers search for survivors after a portion of Metro Rail project collapsed at Andheri-Kurla road in Mumbai on Tuesday. (PTI) While one person, believed to be a construction worker employed at the site, was declared dead on arrival at the Seven Hills Hospital, another man is admitted there in a critical condition with serious chest injuries. The Indian Express is now on Telegram. The helpline -- 011-23414461 -- has been operationalised, Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal told reporters. For all the latest Bangalore News, download Indian Express App. While the Gurgaon police have launched a probe into the matter, the images have been circulating widely on social media. New Delhi: Three after Majerhat bridge collapsed in south Kolkata, a canal bridge in Siliguri's Phansidewa subsided early morning on Friday in West Bengal. While one person, believed to be a construction worker employed at the site, was declared dead on arrival at the Seven Hills Hospital, another man is admitted there in a critical condition with serious chest injuries. The mishap occurred on Sohna Road and left 2 injured in the process. The pictures claimed to be that of a collapse of a metro bridge in Bengaluru. While on the outside, the stations look clean and safe, such incidents cause unnecessary tensions for passengers like us. "The helpline will give the people all information about the accident," he said. However, metro staffers confirmed that a part of the automatic gate was damaged. Hindustan Construction Company, whose staff was undertaking Metro work at Azad Maidan, sent its labourers as well. In Mumbai, a section of a metro bridge that was under construction in suburban Andheri has collapsed. The incident that took place in Namma Metro’s National College metro station at 6.03 pm on September 30 came to light after a video showing the CCTV footage of the incident surfaced on social media on Thursday. Seth further explained that the unplastered side of the station has now been covered by a mild steel sheet to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future. The images in the video showed a collapsed concrete structure, in the middle of the road, surrounded by high rises, as people stand by. Three killed in Metro bridge collapse in Delhi. (12 Jul 2009) 1. He added that the 70-cm high walls are not plastered on the platform side due to less access, different from the roof being plastered on the side of the rail tracks. While such an incident has been reported for the first time from Bengaluru, instances of leakage and slabs from the sidewalls falling off have been reported many times and passengers have raised concerns about their safety. 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Cranes and other heavy machinery have been moved in … The pillars in the above images sport no such similarities to the Bengaluru metro pillars. “We knew the Majerhat bridge is old and ailing and thus took all necessary precautions so that our piling work does not affect the structural stability of the bridge. People gather at the site where a crane working on the construction of bridge for the Delhi Metro collasped in New Delhi on October 19, 2008. Wide of fallen launcher 4. On a closer look at the images, one can make out that the pillars supporting the flyover are markedly different from the pillars of the Bengaluru metro. The recent Gurgaon flyover collapse on Saturday night was that of a bridge that was still under construction. 12 Jul, 2009, 09.38 AM IST In the Twitter thread of the collapse as well, these images have been shared widely by social media users, the images were also shared by mainstream media outlets in their tweets. 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