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24 feared dead as bridge falls

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NK SINGH Bhopal: Over two dozen labourers, including women and children, were feared buried alive when a 40-foot span of a bridge under construction on a busy thoroughfare here collapsed on Monday. Special army and fire brigade rescue teams. helped by local volunteers, had rescued about six persons, including the construction contractor. from the debris by late night. Except the contractor, all of them are in a bad shape. The authorities were unable to say anything about the fate of the persons buried under the debris. It is feared that most of them were killed. Removing the debris was proving an uphill task although cranes were pressed into service. A crowd of over 5,000 persons had assembled around the collapsed bridge by late night. March 4, 1985 Indian Express
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Bihar: A Brief Committee

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Justice TLV Aiyer

NK SINGH

On April 3, 1969 the Congress-led coalition Government's new Chief Secretary, SN Singh, set up a committee of top officers, including himself, to "assist and guide" the two inquiry commissions set up by the previous governments in Bihar -- the Aiyer and Mudholkar Commissions.

These are at present inquiring into charges of corruption and misuse of power against six former Congress ministers and 14 United Front ministers.

According to the officials, the briefing committee was to scrutinize evidence relating to each charge with reference to relevant papers and instruct lawyers concerned about the Government's point of view in respect of each charge.

But the storm of protest forced the Chief Minister to dissolve the committee on April 9.

Almost all the party leaders had sharply reacted to its formation. Even the Congress leaders.

The most interesting party of the drama was the disunity among the Top Five for whose benefit the Aiyer Commission was sought to be scuttled.

Excerpts from Frontier 26 April 1969


Frontier 26 April 1969

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