An underconstruction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi early Sunday, killing 5 people and injuring at least 20 people, many of them critically, an official said.
An underconstruction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi early Sunday, killing 5u00a0 people and injuring at least 20 people, many of them critically, an official said.
The accident took place at around 5 a.m. at the Metro construction site at Zamroodpur near Amar Colony. Many are still trapped under the debris, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said.
Thirty workers of Gammon India Ltd, DMRC's contractor at the site, were present of which 20 have been affected, the official said. Many of the injured were also taken to the nearby Moolchand Hospital and the Safdurjang hospital.
The cause of the accident is not yet known, he added.
The bridge was on the Central Secretariat to Badarpur corridor of the Delhi Metro which was slated to be completed by September 2010.
"Rescue operations have begun and seven cranes as well as gas cutter machines have been put into use to get through the debris. Investigations are still under way and we will get details soon," the official said.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit termed the incident as "unfortunate" and said a compensation package will be worked out in consultation with the Delhi Metro.
In a similar incident in October last year, two persons were killed and 16 others injured when a portion of an under-construction bridge of the Metro collapsed and fell on a bus on Vikas Marg in Lakshmi Nagar area in east Delhi.
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