At least two people have died and more than 30 are injured after a bridge collapsed in India, officials have said.
Maharashtra’s chief minister Devendra Fadnavis added that a number of people were swept away after the bridge – over the Indrayani river in the western Indian city of Pune – collapsed on Sunday.
He added on social media that “some people got swept away, so a search operation is underway on a war footing to find them”.
The minister said six people have been rescued while 32 were injured, with six in a critical condition, and that the National Disaster Response Force had been deployed, with other agencies directed to remain on high alert.
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It comes four days after an Air India flight crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in northwestern India, killing at least 270 people.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which was carrying 53 Britons, crashed into a doctors’ hostel in a residential area moments after taking off.
And earlier on Sunday, a helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed in a forested area several miles from the Kedarnath pilgrimage route, killing seven people on board.
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That accident happened within minutes of the helicopter taking off, officials said, on what should have been a 10-minute flight.
The helicopter was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, from the temple town of Kedarnath in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
