Kolkata Tragedy Isn't the First Case of Negligence, Here Are Some Other Cases

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The death toll has climbed to 24, in the collapse of the under-construction Vivekananda flyover in Kolkata on Thursday.

The flyover's foundation was laid in 2008 and work began in February 2009. It was to be completed by 2010, but the work continued to be incomplete until the day it collapsed.

The tragic incident has once again drawn attention towards the problem of the poor state of infrastructure in India. This is not the first time this kind incident has happened but somehow authorities have failed to act. 

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A portion of the Wazirabad-Janakpuri elevated corridor collapsed and fell on a busy road in outer Delhi's Pitampura area in February 2015.

According to police, at least two people suffered serious injuries and few cars that were parked on the road were damaged in the accident. Investigations suggested that the straps holding the block snapped and a case of negligence was registered into the matter.  

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Three labourers were killed and six others injured when a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed in Parle point area of the city in June 2014.

The collapsed flyover was a part of the city`s cable-wire bridge connecting Parle point area to Adajan near Tapi river. 

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The building collapsed on tribal land in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane in Maharashtra. 74 people died, including 18 children, 23 women, and 33 men.

The building was under construction and did not have an occupancy certificate for its 100 to 150 low- to middle-income residents. 

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The tragic incident occurred in September 2013 when a five-story building collapsed in the Mazagaon area of Mumbai city in Maharashtra.

At least 61 people died and 32 others were injured in the disaster. 

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An under-construction flyover near the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Marol collapsed in February 2013. The incident left three people dead and several others were injured.

The Mumbai police have registered a case of negligence against Larsen & Toubro, the company involved in the construction of the bridge. 

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At least 14 persons were injured when a road over bridge (ROB) collapsed and fell on a goods train passing under it in Maripur area of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district in November 2013.

The collapse occurred soon after the train carrying cement bags and edibles left the Muzaffarpur railway station. 

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Sixty-six people died and at least 80 others were injured when a five-storey residential building collapsed in Lalita Park in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar.

According to eyewitnesses, at least 400-500 people were in the building when it collapsed. 

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The deadly accident occurred during the construction in December 2009. The scaffolding on the bridge collapsed, killing 48 workers and injured 20 civilians. 

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Thirty labourers were killed and at least 10 others injured when a chimney at an under-construction thermal power plant of Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) in Korba district of Chhattisgarh caved in. 

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An under-construction flyover collapsed leaving 15 people dead and many injured.

The disaster occurred at the Panjagutta junction, near Nagarjuna Circle. Two large concrete sections dropped onto oncoming cars and motorised rickshaws, damaging several severely. 

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An overbridge collapsed on the Howrah-Jamalpur Express passing near the Bhagalpur station in December 2006. At least 37 passengers, including 15 women and two children, were killed and 50 others were injured in the accident.  


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