Cable cars collide in Jharkhand’s Deoghar, 10 injured, ops underway to rescue 70
India Today
In a major accident in Trikut Pahar in Deoghar on Sunday, at least 10 people were injured and about 70 tourists still trapped on the ropeway as rescue operations are underway.
At least 10 tourists were injured after some cable cars on a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut Pahar close to Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand on Sunday.
According to reports, about 70 people are still trapped in 19 trolleys in the ropeway. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team have been deployed for the rescue. Meanwhile, the top officials of the district administration have reached Trikut.
Trolleys of the Trikoot ropeway located in the Mohanpur police station area collided with each other, according to reports. Women and small children are also among the injured. Hundreds of tourists had arrived on Sunday to visit the temple and roam around on the occasion of Ramnavami.
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The incident has been confirmed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Subhash Chandra Jat and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Manjunath Bhaijantri.
A tourist told India Today that when his trolley was going up, at the same time, other trolleys were coming down and the accident occurred due to the trolleys coming in contact with each other.
DC Manjunath Bhaijantri said that at present the ropeway is closed. The injured has been sent to Deoghar Sadar Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the work of evacuating the rest of the tourists is still going on.
