Crane collapse kills 16 workers in India’s Maharashtra state

Crane collapse kills 16 workers in India’s Maharashtra state

Crane collapse kills 16 workers in India’s Maharashtra state

NEW DELHI — At least 16 staff have been killed and a number of other others have been feared trapped after a crane collapsed through the building of a bridge within the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officers mentioned.

Television footage confirmed mangled stays of the crane sprawled on the bottom between pillars of the bridge close to Shahapur space, about 50 miles (80 km) from state capital Mumbai.

Rescue groups have been making an attempt to tug out our bodies and at the very least 16 have been reported useless, mentioned Mohsen Shahidi, a prime official on the National Disaster Response Force.

“Pained by the tragic mishap in Shahapur, Maharashtra. My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s workplace mentioned in a put up on X social media.

Modi’s workplace introduced aid help of 200,000 rupees ($2,430) for the households of the deceased and 50,000 rupees ($608) for the injured. — Reuters

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