Maharashtra: 13 passengers injured as part of foot overbridge collapses at Ballarshah railway station

NAGPUR: At least 13 passengers were injured, a couple of them seriously, after the slab of a foot overbridge (FOB) collapsed on Sunday evening at Ballarshah railway station under Nagpur division of the Central Railway in Maharashtra.
This is the only FOB that connects platform number 1 to 5. Around 5pm, many passengers were crossing the FOB to boad a train. Sources said the 30-foot-high FOB was constructed over 15 years ago.

Those who have been injured include Sachi Nilesh Patil, Prem Titre, Chaitnya Manoj Bhagat, Nidhi Manoj Bhagat, Nayan Babarao Bhivanwar, Radheshyam Singh, Anurag Khartad, Riya Khartad, Sweety Khartad, Vicky Jayant Bhimalwar, Pooja Sontakke, and Om Sontakke.

Though more details of the tragedy are awaited, Central Railway spokesperson and chief public relations officer (CPRO) Shivaji Sutar confirmed part of the pre-cast slab of the FOB connecting platforms 1 and 2 at Ballarshah station came down around 5.10pm.

“It is not the FOB that has fallen down, it is a part of the pre-cast slab (a small part of the walkway). As per our information, four persons have been injured in the incident and all have been shifted to civil hospital after giving first aid. No deaths have been reported,” Sutar said.
Sutar added an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh had been announced for seriously injured and Rs 50,000 for those suffered minor injuries.