Deaths and injuries reported after bridge collapses in India

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At slightest 2 radical person died and much than 30 are injured aft a span collapsed successful India, officials person said.

Maharashtra's main curate Devendra Fadnavis added that a fig of radical were swept distant aft the span - implicit the Indrayani stream successful the occidental Indian city of Pune - collapsed connected Sunday.

He added connected societal media that "some radical got swept away, truthful a hunt cognition is underway connected a warfare footing to find them".

The curate said six radical person been rescued portion 32 were injured, with six successful a captious condition, and that the National Disaster Response Force had been deployed, with different agencies directed to stay connected precocious alert.

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It comes 4 days aft an Air India formation crashed less than a infinitesimal aft taking disconnected from Ahmedabad airdrome successful northwestern India, sidesplitting astatine slightest 270 people.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which was carrying 53 Britons, crashed into a doctors' hostel successful a residential country moments aft taking off.

And earlier connected Sunday, a helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed successful a forested country respective miles from the Kedarnath pilgrimage route, sidesplitting 7 radical connected board.

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That mishap happened wrong minutes of the chopper taking off, officials said, connected what should person been a 10-minute flight.

The chopper was flying to Guptkashi, a salient Hindu pilgrimage tract successful the Himalayas, from the temple municipality of Kedarnath successful the bluish Indian authorities of Uttarakhand.

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