In a most sadful accident, the under-construction Kolkata flyover mishap has taken 24 lives and injured many. The project was taken up IVRCL.

IVRCL has been booked by the Kolkata Police under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, which refers to the negligence and not amounting to murder charges, but the charge has been changed to section 302 later, immediately after the accident.

The company officials have termed the incident as the God’s act and conveyed the grief to the dead member’s family. The company had completed 55% of the work and only 45% is pending. unexpectedly this accident took place. Almost 59 pillars were raised for the Kolkata flyover when it collapsed at once. Many vehicles were crushed underneath it. There are no chances of anyone being live lying under it.

The Hyderabad-based and a renowned Indian Infrastructure company- Iragavarapu Venkata Reddy Construction Limited (IVRCL) undertakes Water Projects, Transportation Projects, Industrial Infrastructure Projects, Power Transmission and Distribution, Mining projects. Apart from this it also into the Operations and Maintenance sector too.

Central home Minister, Rajnath Singh has expressed deep shock over the incident and offered the centre’s helping hand in tackling the situation. He conveyed all kind of support would be given to the West Bengal’s government in normalizing the prevailing conditions at the accident spot.