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Chhattisgarh: Labourer died in a rope-way trolley accident in Rajnandgaon

By | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Raipur
Feb 19, 2021 12:15 PM IST

The 1,300-metre-long ropeway where the accident took place was inaugurated in March last year for ferrying devotees to the Bamleshwari Devi temple.

A labourer died after a ropeway trolley he was travelling in crashed into a tower resulting in his fall from a height of about 60 feet in Dongargarh area of Rajnandgaon district, officials said on Friday.

The man fell from the trolley after it hit a tower while descending.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The man fell from the trolley after it hit a tower while descending.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The accident took place on Wednesday night when the trolley carrying the labourer was descending towards Bamleshwari Devi temple in Dongargarh.

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“Gopi Gaud, who was engaged in construction work, had boarded an empty trolley which got imbalanced and hit a tower. The labourer was injured and rushed to a nearby hospital where he died,” said station house officer, Dongargarh, Alexander Kiro.

Dongargarh sub-divisional magistrate Avinash Bhoi said the trolley was being used for transporting construction material and was not supposed to be ferrying people. The officer further said that a probe has been ordered in the whole incident.

The 1,300-metre-long ropeway where the accident took place was inaugurated in March last year for ferrying devotees to the Bamleshwari Devi temple in cable cars.

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The temple lies on a hilltop at a height of about 1,600 feet. Devotees can also reach the shrine by climbing around 1,000 small steps located there.

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