Wall, shed collapse at Cuttack railway station during redevelopment work

The wall and shed collapsed at the Cuttack Railway Station

A portion of a wall and a shed of a platform at the Cuttack railway station in Odisha collapsed during the redevelopment work that is currently ongoing, officials confirmed, as per news agency Press Trust of India. The incident took place on Wednesday.

PTI reported that no casualty was reported in the incident and that train movement at the station was temporarily affected. An officer of East Coast Railway (ECoR) said that the roof of a shed caved in due to the wall collapse at platform number one. The shed fell on the railway tracks, the officer said.

“During redevelopment works at Cuttack railway station, some construction work was being carried out with adequate safety precautions. Unfortunately, at 3.45 pm, an old wall collapsed onto the platform, temporarily hampering train movement on Platforms 1 and 2,” the ECoR said in a statement.

STORY | Wall, shed collapse in Cuttack station during redevelopment work; no casualty

A portion of a wall, and a shed of a platform in Odisha's Cuttack railway station collapsed during ongoing redevelopment work on Wednesday, officials said.

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