This Article is From Apr 13, 2016

IIT Kharagpur Experts Visit Kolkata Flyover Collapse Site

IIT Kharagpur Experts Visit Kolkata Flyover Collapse Site

So far, 10 officials of Hyderabad-based construction firm, IVRCL, which was building the flyover, have been arrested by Kolkata Police. (File photo)

Kolkata: A team of experts from IIT Kharagpur today visited the site of the Kolkata flyover collapse to ascertain the cause of the mishap in which 26 people were killed and 89 others injured.

The three-member team from IIT Kharagpur's civil engineering department, led by Professor AP Gupta, inspected the site in the central part of the city for around two hours.

Professor Gupta along with other members of the team, Swapan Majumdar and Sriman Bhattacharya, "climbed on the flyover and inspected several points besides collecting samples from the site," a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

They would file a report of their findings to Kolkata Police.

So far, 10 officials of Hyderabad-based construction firm, IVRCL, which was building the flyover, have been arrested by Kolkata Police and charged under various sections of IPC including 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder).

The arrested IVRCL officials include the company's Director of Operations Gopal Krishnamurthy, Deputy General Manager of Project Monitoring Cell SK Ratnam, Assistant General Manager Mallikaarjun Rao, Assistant Manager Debjyoti Majumdar and Structure Manager Pradip Kumar Saha.
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