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Delhi iron bridge collapses into drain, woman falls in and dies
Rescue teams from the Boat Club are conducting an operation to check if more people may have fallen into the drain.
A woman died after drowning when she fell into a drain after the collapse of an iron bridge in north Delhi’s Roop Nagar on Tuesday morning.
Rescue teams from the Boat Club are conducting an operation to check if more people may have fallen into the drain after the bridge gave way, HT has learnt.
The woman, a beggar aged around 50, died after the structure collapsed and she fell into the drain below, an official from the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) told news agency PTI.
Rescue teams at the site later recovered her body. She was declared dead at the spot, the officer said.
Authorities have sealed off the area to avoid further incidents. Officials said the cause of the collapse is not yet known and a detailed inspection will be carried out.
More details are awaited into the incident.
Incident comes after series of pit-related deaths
This incident comes after a series of pit-related deaths reported across the national capital this year, indicating a lack of basic safety measures put in place under contract rules and traffic police conditions for road work in several areas.
Kamal Dhyani, a 25-year-old bank telecaller, died in west Delhi’s Janakpuri in the early hours of February 5, reportedly after falling into a 4-5-metre-deep pit that had been left open and without safety cover on a poorly lit road. Delhi Police has arrested a contractor who had dug the pit as part of a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) project in Janakpuri.
Only a few days after the Janakpuri incident, a 30-year-old labourer died after falling into an open manhole maintained by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in the Begumpur area of Delhi's Rohini.
