Newly built ropeway collapses during trial in Bihar’s Rohtas, no casualties
Sasaram (Bihar) (PTI): A major accident was averted on Friday when a newly constructed ropeway in Bihar's Rohtas district collapsed during trial, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the incident.
The incident occurred when the ropeway from Rohtas block to Rohtasgarh Fort and Rohiteshwar Dham gave way along with an attached tower.
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Four trolleys used during the trial were damaged, but workers present at the site managed to protect themselves, authorities said.
The incident has raised serious questions about the quality of the construction.
Talking to reporters, Khursheed Karim, senior engineer of the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited said, "Trial and testing work is underway. While increasing load, a wire got stuck leading to the damage".
He added that a lot of work is still pending and being carried out gradually.
"A team from Kolkata is coming to conduct an investigation. Ropeway service will not be made available to the general public until the authorities are fully satisfied with the trial results", he said.
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Drunk woman held for hitting police constable with car in Rohini
New Delhi (PTI): A 40-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly ramming a car into a police barricade and injuring a constable in northwest Delhi's Rohini, police said on Friday.
The incident took place on December 24 in Sector 11 of Rohini where a barricade had been placed, they said.
According to police, a caller informed them that a female driver, apparently drunk, had hit a police constable with her car.
A police team rushed to the spot and found the white car that had struck the barricade.
The woman, a resident of Sector 16, Rohini, was found to be under the influence of alcohol, police said.
Constable Rohit, posted with the 1st Battalion of the Delhi Armed Police, who suffered injuries in the collision, was taken to BSA Hospital for treatment, police said.
They said the woman, who works in the private sector, was returning home from a birthday party when the incident occurred.
She was arrested, and her car was seized, they said.
