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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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MP to provide mid day meals to 15 lakh kids

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NK SINGH

Bhopal: The MP Government has prepared a plan to provide mid-day meals to 14.86. lakh tribal students in the age group of six to 14 years during the Seventh Plan

The mid-day meals program was started in 1966 for students of the tribal welfare department schools in the age group of six to 14 years in 16 districts of the state. Three lakh students benefited from the program then. The number of beneficiaries has reached over eight now. The program has been implemented in all the 45 districts of the state now. There are 14,168 feeding centres

April 18, 1985

Indian Express





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