Under-construction flyover collapses in Varanasi Tuesday May 15,2018

18 persons were killed as an under-construction flyover collapsed on Tuesday May 15,2018  in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The incident took place in front of the Varanasi Cantt Railway Station

Three persons were pulled out alive of the crashed structure. Two persons admitted at a medical facility were said to be in a critical condition. The flyover was being constructed by the Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation between Chauka Ghat bus stand and Lahartara

A FIR too was lodged on Wednesday under sections of negligence and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. It does not name anyone but lists officials in supervisory positions and contractors to whom jobs were outsourced