Toll in Pune bridge collapse rises to four

The toll in the collapse of a bridge over the Indrayani river in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday has risen to four, The Indian Express reported.

Pradeep Rayannawar, senior inspector at the Talegaon Dabhade Police Station, told PTI that while two bodies were recovered from beneath the broken structure, two other persons succumbed to their injuries during treatment after being rescued.

District Collector Jitendra Dudi on Monday told ANI that rescue operations were currently on hold.

Fifty-one persons were injured in the incident, he added.

“As of now, no missing person complaints have been reported,” the news agency quoted him as saying. “Once the rain subsides, an aerial survey of the river using drones is also planned.”

However, the National Disaster Relief Force said that rescue operations had been called off as all the missing persons had been accounted for, The Indian Express reported.

“Since all missing persons have been accounted for yesterday late night, as such as per directions of district administration, the [operation] has been closed,” it said in a statement.

Girish Mahajan, the state disaster management minister, said that the bridge had collapsed under the weight of a large number of tourists, PTI reported.

“The bridge was meant only for pedestrians and there was a warning board there stating that it cannot be used by two-wheelers,” PTI quoted Mahajan as saying. “It seems people on the bridge...

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