A look at India’s worst accidents over the last decade
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More than 80 people were killed in western India's Gujarat state on Sunday evening when a pedestrian bridge over a river collapsed, plunging them into the waters below.
More than 80 people were killed in western India’s Gujarat state on Sunday evening when a pedestrian bridge over a river collapsed, plunging them into the waters below.
Here are details of some of the worst accidents in India over the last decade:
April 2012: At least 103 people drowned after an overloaded ferry carrying about 300 people sank at night in the Brahmaputra river in eastern Assam state
Feb 2013: A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims during the busiest day of the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered
April 2013: Some 72 people were killed after an illegal and half-constructed building in western India’s Thane, near the financial capital Mumbai, collapsed
Oct 2013: Devotees crossing a long, concrete bridge towards a temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh panicked when some railings broke, triggering a stampede that killed 115 people
July 2014: An 11-storey building under construction in southern Tamil Nadu state came down following heavy rains, leaving at least 47 people dead.
Sept 2015: Illegally stored explosives that were accidentally detonated in the centre of a town in central Madhya Pradesh state killed at least 88 people
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