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CM Devendra Fadnavis spoke about the tragedy in Vidhan Sabha, he said two State transport buses, one Honda City and one Tavera fell into the river, he further added that 42 people have been missing.
Nine bodies have been recovered from Savitri river through the rescue operations in the Mahad bridge collapse tragedy on the Mumbai-Goa Highway. Satish Bagal, Resident District Collector of Raigad said, "So far, nine bodies have been recovered - three women and six men. One of the victims have been identified as a bus driver, while another a bus conductor."
Shrikant Kamble (53) was at the wheel of Jaigad-Mumbai bus, Bagal said adding, "His body was found at 7 AM at far away Anjarle in Ratnagiri district, which is around 100 km from here. The body was handed over to his relatives by Dapoli police after post-mortem." The body of Rajapur-Borivali bus conductor, Prabhakar Baburao Shinde, was found at Kemburli near Mahad, he added.
"The bodies of two women - Shevanti Mirgal and Sneha Baikar - who were travelling in Tavera car were recovered from Harihareshwar in Raigad district and at Rajewadi near Mahad respectively," the officer said. The body of the third woman, Ranjana Vaje, was recovered from Kemburli near Mahad.
Four other bodies - those of Pandurang Wagh, 22-year-old Avesh Chougule, Prashant Mane and Gangaram Kadam, were also recovered from varying distance from the spot of the accident. Earlier this morning, a 300-kg magnet was lowered in the waters with the help of a crane to trace the missing buses. "Although no vehicles have been traced so far, efforts to find them are still on," Disaster Management Cell in-charge, Raigad district, Sagar Pathak said.
The search and rescue operation resumed on Thursday at 6:30 AM, with the search grid expanded to over 100 km from 30 km, after the bodies were found.
Four teams of NDRF, comprising of 40 deep divers each, have joined the Coast Guard and other agencies engaged in the rescue and relief operations.
The old bridge, located 4 km from Mahad is said to have been constructed in 1928 while the new bridge came up in 2001.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a judicial probe into the incident.
"A judicial inquiry will be conducted," Fadnavis said replying to a discussion on the issue in the state Assembly.
Directives have been issued to conduct structural audit of old bridges, he said, adding that a preliminary structural audit will also be conducted.
(With agency inputs)
Rs 5 lakh help will be provided to kin of deceased: CM Devendra Fadnavis
Nine bodies have been recovered from Savitri river so far during search operations. Satish Bagal, Resident District Collector of Raigad said, "So far, nine bodies have been recovered - three women and six men. One of the victims have been identified as a bus driver, while another a bus conductor." Read more here
CM Fadnavis gives a report on tragedy in Vidhan Sabha, says two State transport buses, one Honda City and one Tavera fell into the river, states 42 people are missing.
Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Raigad district is amidst controversies as he has been reportedly caught on camera taking a selfie when he visited the site of tragedy along with CM Devendra Fadnavis.
According to reports, in another incident he lost his cool when asked by Milind Tambe, a Saam TV journalist why didn't he visit the site before.
Retweeted Rajesh kumar (@journorajeshk):@Dev_Fadnavis अपने मंत्रियो को संभालिये @mumbaicra pic.twitter.com/3S8liEVUiB https://t.co/lQznEB0yzw
— Aariz Chandra (@patrakaariz) August 4, 2016
As rescue operations continue, seven dead bodies have been recovered so far. ANI reports state that out of the seven bodies recovered, three bodies have been identified as that of females and four of males.
Five bodies recovered
Nearly 40 hours after the launch of massive multi-agency operations, searchers have managed to recover five bodies, police said. "So far, our search teams have recovered five bodies - three males and two females," Raigad Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Patil said. Read the detailed report here.
Rs 10 lakh compensation will be given to kin of those dead in Mahad bridge collapse: Maharashtra Government
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take up repair work on NH 66 immediately. They have been asked to complete the work before August 25, 2016.
Maharashtra government orders judicial probe into Mahad bridge collapse tragedy.
Bus driver SS kamble. His body was found nearly 170 KM away in Arabian sea.
Timeline of the collapse of the bridge over Savitri river in Mahad of Raigad district:
11:30 PM- Seven garage workers near the river hear thunderous sounds of something crashing (bridge collapses)
11:40 PM- The men see three to four cars falling straight into the swollen river
11:50 PM- Armed with torches the men rush to the bridge end and stop vehicular traffic from both ends
12:03 AM- Mahad city police arrive at the spot
12:15 AM- Alert sounded by Konkan Range to state
1:00 AM- Several policemen and highway traffic officers arrive at the spot
5:00 AM- NDRF teams on the move
8:00 AM- NDRF team and other agencies arrive at the spot
8:10 AM- Search operations start
10:00 AM- Rafting teams from Kolad arrive at the spot - assist agencies in search
6:30 PM- Search operations stopped by Navy and Coast Guard
7:00 PM- NDRF instructs Konkan Railway to install flood lights on the bridge. Also industrial hydraulic crane ordered to arrive at the spot.
6:30 AM- (Thursday) - Search and Rescue operation begins. Two bodies fished out.
(Timeline shared and suggested by officers of Maharashtra Police, NDRF and local agencies)
Search and rescue operations underway
