A railway bridge being built across a ravine in India\u2019s northeastern Mizoram state has collapsed, killing at least 17 labourers working on the project, officials said, with many others reported missing. Video footage posted by Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Wednesday showed a metal frame that had toppled off towering columns into a wooded valley below. \u201cUnder construction railway over bridge at Sairang, near Aizawl collapsed today; at least 17 workers died,\u201d Zoramthanga, who uses only one name, said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Indian\u00a0media quoted a policeman as saying that 17 bodies had been recovered and \u201cmany others\u201d were missing. The reports of missing people could not immediately be verified. \u201cRescue operations are underway and all possible assistance is being given to those affected,\u201d officials\u00a0said. Bridge collapses and other deadly accidents on large infrastructure construction sites are common in India. In October last year, a colonial-era suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi in the western state of Gujarat, killing 135. In June, a suspension bridge being built in the country\u2019s poorest state of Bihar collapsed, killing one person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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