While looking into a pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed at least 134 people, many of them children, India police detained nine persons, including ticket holders and contractors.
The footage of the surveillance cameras showed immediately before the collapse a group of young men taking pictures while others tried to shake the bridge suspended in Morby from side to side, before they fell into the river below where the cables retreated.
The colonial-era bridge that spans the Machu River was jam-packed with spectators taking in the festivities when it was torn, causing many to fall around 10 metres (33 feet) into the water and drown.
Ashwin Mehra, who was receiving treatment for injuries to his back and leg, recalled how he and six other people managed to get to the shore by clinging to the metal wall of the bridge and the nets.
According to ANI, the bridge consisted of between 15 and 20 lads between the ages of 20 and 25. “We heard some votes three times, then the cable (the bridge) suddenly cut off the sixth time.”
A senior police official said nine people arrested, including administrative staff, tickets and three security guards, because they failed to organize the crowds before the bridge collapsed in India.
About 400 individuals purchased tickets to cross the bridge to observe the Shia Bouja and Diwali celebrations.
A list of the deceased’s names that Reuters saw indicated that 35 of the victims were under the age of 14. By daybreak, about 170 individuals had been saved.
“People were suspended from the bridge after the accident, but they slipped and fell into the river when it collapsed,” he said.
Naresnasinah, who lost seven family members—four children among them—including his friend, stated, “I can’t even begin to convey how angry and powerless I feel.
N. C., according to a top government official The muddy water of the river hinders the rescue work and there may be people trapped under the rubble of the bridge..
once there have been 134 fatalities. The police arrest 9 people after the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in India
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