April 16, 2026 07:32 pm (IST)
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A hand saved me from death: Kolkata flyover tragedy survivor says
Kolkata, Apr 1 (IBNS): When the huge portion of Vivekananda Flyover was collapsing over our heads, someone pushed me from an assured death to a beautiful life, one survivor of Kolkata flyover disaster told IBNS on Friday.
"When I and several others along with many vehicles were crossing the roads, under the flyover, suddenly a part fell on us with a huge cracking sound," the survivor, Babulal Singh, said.
Babulal Singh, a local hawker, was going to his work, when the accident occurred.
Unfortunately, the man, who pushed Babulal, went under the wreckage, with many others.
Babulal just got a minor head injury and he is doing well now. However, he is giving thanks to the god as well as his saviour.
The death roll in Thursday's appalling flyover collapse in Kolkata's Girish Park Area has crawled up to 24 as rescue operation that continued overnight, nears an end.
More than 80 were injured and admitted in various hospitals.
The mishap occurred at around 12.30 pm. on Thursday, as a large chunk of the under constructed flyover collapsed suddenly.
A close circuit camera footage showed people, cars, buses, auto rickshaws and hawkers being crushed when the flyover collapsed on them.
Locals rushed to help and rescue people who were trapped under the debris.
K Panduranga Rao of the Hyderabad-based IVRCL, the company which was building the flyover, termed the incident as "an 'act of God', triggering widespread outrage.
Several people have been pulled out from the rubble while the injured were undergoing treatment in hospitals.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been engaged in rescue operations along with National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF)
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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