Kolkata flyover collapse: TMC blames previous Left Front govt
5 March 2013 7:56 AM IST
A forensic team collected samples from the spot where a portion of a Ultadanga flyover collapsed, injuring three (on Sunday). A team of professors from Jadavpur University also visited the site on Monday to determine whether ‘faulty construction’ was to blame for the collapse.
The 68 crore flyover was inaugurated in 2011– an election year when the Left Front government was toppled by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. While the TMC leaders blamed the Left Front government for doing a hurried and faulty job, state Congress leaders said that the TMC -ruling the state at present–should take responsibility.
The 1,290-metre flyover, connecting Eastern Metropolitan Bypass with VIP Road that leads to the airport, was partly funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) scheme. The project, implemented by the KMDA, had faced time overruns because of work stoppages.
The engineers reportedly had to change the alignment to the approach road owing to local protests over demolition of certain ‘unauthorised’ structures.
According to Kolkata Police, a block of the flyover collapsed at around 4 am on Sunday morning, injuring three people. A truck was on the flyover when the accident occurred. The truck fell into the canal below. The three people, including the driver, were in the truck, police added. They were admitted to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The 68 crore flyover was inaugurated in 2011– an election year when the Left Front government was toppled by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. While the TMC leaders blamed the Left Front government for doing a hurried and faulty job, state Congress leaders said that the TMC -ruling the state at present–should take responsibility.
The 1,290-metre flyover, connecting Eastern Metropolitan Bypass with VIP Road that leads to the airport, was partly funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) scheme. The project, implemented by the KMDA, had faced time overruns because of work stoppages.
The engineers reportedly had to change the alignment to the approach road owing to local protests over demolition of certain ‘unauthorised’ structures.
According to Kolkata Police, a block of the flyover collapsed at around 4 am on Sunday morning, injuring three people. A truck was on the flyover when the accident occurred. The truck fell into the canal below. The three people, including the driver, were in the truck, police added. They were admitted to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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