Paanchthar: Three workers who were injured in an accident that occurred when an under-construction bailey bridge collapsed died last night. The bridge was being constructed over the Henwa river in Paanchthar along the Mechi Highway.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the deceased have been identified as Ruplal Chaudhary, 22, Rajan Chaudhary, 27, and Rakesh Chaudhary, 22, of Simara Sub-metropolitan City-12, Bara. They died during treatment at Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, where they had been referred for further treatment by the district hospital in Paanchthar.
The Road Division Office, Ilam, was constructing a 70-meter-long modular bailey bridge on the Henwa river. When the bailey bridge broke, six workers who were working on its installation fell into the river along with the bailey bridge, sustaining severe injuries.
The bailey bridge was provided as a grant by the Government of India, and the construction and installation of the structure was being carried out by Super S
augat Light Builders JV at a cost of Rs. 34.9 million.