ISLAMABAD: Two workers were dead and three others were injured after a pillar of an under-construction flyover in Islamabad’s Bhara Kahu collapsed on Saturday, according to Islamabad police.
According to a police tweet, two labourers were carried to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, where one died from his injuries. Three more workers were brought to the Polyclinic Hospital, where one died.
بھارہ کہو وقوعہ۔
جائے وقوعہ پر امدادی کارروائیاں جاری ہیں۔
آئی جی اسلام آباد، چیف کمشنر اسلام آباد سمیت پولیس اور انتظامیہ کے سینیر افسران موقع پر موجود ہیں۔
3مزدوروں کو پولی کلینک منتقل کیا گیا جن سے ایک جاں بحق ہوگیا۔
2مزدوروں کو پمز منتقل کیا گیا جن سے ایک جاں بحق ہوگیا۔
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) February 25, 2023
Senior police and administrative officials, including Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Dr Akbar Nasir and Chief Commissioner Noorul Amin Mengal, were also on site.
A committee has been formed to “review all aspects related to the incident,” according to a subsequent tweet from Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon.
ترجمان اسلام آباد کیپیٹل پولیس
چیف کمشنر اسلام اور آئی جی اسلام آباد بھارہ کہو پہنچ گئے۔
انتظامیہ اور پولیس کے سینئیرافسران بھی موقع پر موجود ہیں۔
ڈپٹی کمشنر اسلام آباد کی سربراہی میں کمیٹی تشکیل دے دی گئی ہے۔
کمیٹی وقوعہ کے متعلق تمام تر پہلووں کا جائزہ لے گی۔ pic.twitter.com/kAqUuNcSgp
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) February 25, 2023
Mengal, who is also the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman, said that according to the preliminary investigation, “two to three huge trolleys (trucks) had passed by the bridge between 2-3 am and had hit it”.
He added that both “safety and traffic protocols” had been violated and a committee had been formed to find out “who was responsible so they could take legal action against them”.
The CDA official said further details will be disclosed once the committee finds them out.
After the incident of the Bhara Kahu under-construction flyover, he said talking about the Bhara Kahu bypass project, he termed it a “very complicated project” as it was a “challenge to close the one-link” that leads to the northern areas.
Saying that the project had entered a “critical stage”, 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 “the citizens would also have to bear difficulties” for while.
The police had also tweeted alerting citizens of the incident and advising them to avoid the flyover so that rescue activities were not hindered.
عوام سے گذارش ہے بہارہ کہو کی جانب جانے سے گریز کریں اور امدادی کارروائیاں میں رکاوٹ پیدا نہ کریں ۔
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) February 25, 2023
