{"id":222841,"date":"2023-08-24T00:19:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=222841"},"modified":"2023-08-24T00:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:49:29","slug":"17-killed-after-under-construction-railway-bridge-collapses-in-mizoram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/08\/24\/17-killed-after-under-construction-railway-bridge-collapses-in-mizoram\/","title":{"rendered":"17 killed after under-construction railway bridge collapses in Mizoram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AIZAWL, 23 Aug:<\/strong>\u00a0 At least 17 workers were killed and several others are feared trapped after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed near Sairang area of Mizoram on Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Nearly 35-40 workers were present at the site, about 21 km from Aizawl, when the incident occurred around 10 am, they said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8220;Seventeen bodies have been recovered from the debris so far&#8230; many others are still missing,&#8221; a police officer said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescue and relief efforts are underway, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the family members of the deceased, and announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the victims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said he was deeply saddened over the loss of lives in the incident, and expressed gratitude to all those who helped in the rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the deceased workers in Mizoram include a few from Malda district in her state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Banerjee also said she has instructed officials to coordinate with the Mizoram government for assistance in the rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Shocked to learn about the tragic collapse today of an under-construction railway bridge in Mizoram, leading to loss of lives of several site workers, including some belonging to our Malda district,&#8221; she wrote on X. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIZAWL, 23 Aug:\u00a0 At least 17 workers were killed and several others are feared trapped after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed near Sairang area of Mizoram on Wednesday, police said. \u00a0Nearly 35-40 workers were present at the site, about 21 km from Aizawl, when the incident occurred around 10 am, they said. \u00a0&#8220;Seventeen bodies have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-222841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}