ISLAMABAD
\nTwo labourers were killed while three were injured as a pillar of an under-construction flyover in Islamabad\u2019s Bhara Kahu collapsed on Saturday, Islamabad police said.
\nAccording to a tweet by the police, two labourers were taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, where one succumbed to injuries. Three other labourers were taken to Polyclinic Hospital where one could not survive as well.
\nIt added that senior officials of the police and administration \u2014 including Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Dr Akbar Nasir and Chief Commissioner Noorul Amin Mengal \u2014 were present at the incident site. In a separate tweet, it said a committee, which will be headed by Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon, has been constituted to \u201creview all aspects related to the incident\u201d.
\nMengal, who is also the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman, said that according to the preliminary investigation, \u201ctwo to three huge trolleys (trucks) had passed by the bridge between 2-3am and had hit it\u201d.
\nHe added that both \u201csafety and traffic protocols\u201d had been violated and a committee had been formed to find out \u201cwho was responsible so they could take legal action against them\u201d.
\nThe CDA official said further details will be revealed once the committee finds them out.
\nTalking about the Bhara Kahu bypass project, he termed it a \u201cvery complicated project\u201d as it was a \u201cchallenge to close the one-link\u201d that leads to the northern areas.
\nSaying that the project had entered a \u201ccritical stage\u201d, Mengal said heavy traffic needed to be shut down. Mentioning construction work still left, he said the administration would have to enforce stricter rules and \u201cthe citizens would also have to bear difficulties\u201d for while.
\nEarlier in the day, the police had tweeted alerting citizens of the incident and advising them to avoid the flyover so that rescue activities were not hindered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Two labourers were killed while three were injured as a pillar of an under-construction flyover in Islamabad\u2019s Bhara Kahu collapsed on Saturday, Islamabad police said. According to a tweet by the police, two labourers were taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, where one succumbed to injuries. Three other labourers were taken to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-316154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n