Mumbai – Goa highway bridge collapse LIVE: 2 bodies found, many feared missing

The chief minister said that the primary reason seems to be the high pressure caused due to flooding of river Savitri due to heavy rains in the catchment area of Mahabaleshwar. “There were two parallel bridges; one is a new bridge and one constructed during the British era. The old one collapsed.”

“There is no confirmed assessment about casualties,” the chief minister added.

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LIVE UPDATES – Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse

12.30 pm: Four NDRF teams comprising 115 personnel, including divers along with 12 boats, were immediately rushed to Maharashtra bridge collapse site: Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha.

12.13 pm: Two bodies have been recovered so far, says Raigad district collector, Sheetal Ugale.

11.55 am: Maharashtra PWD will conduct a structural audit of all 36 bridges in the Konkan region over the next 15 days. PWD Minister for public undertakings Eknath Shinde issued the directions considering a large number of people will travel from Mumbai and Pune to the Konkan region for the upcoming Ganpati festival in September.

11.50 am: The Sea King 42C drops the diving team.

# Mahad floods – Indian Navy joint SAR ops. Seaking 42C dropping the diving team.@IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/zEdLEnvaxz

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11.07 am: A Sea king 42B helicopter, on another mission, was diverted to the area of the bridge collapse for search operations.

10.53 am: NDRF team reaches Mumbai-Goa bridge collapse site in Raigad.

#WATCH: NDRF team reaches site of bridge collapse on Mumbai-Goa highway in Raigad, to carry out search operationshttps://t.co/aB7MNLnRul

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10.35 am: NDRF team carrying out search and rescue operations at the site of bridge collapse on Mumbai-Goa highway.

NDRF team carries out search and rescue operations. (Source: ANI)

Rescue operations and search being carried out. (Source: ANI)

10.20 am: Chetak Helicopter carries out search.

#WATCH Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse: Chetak Helicopter carries out search operations for missing vehicles.https://t.co/RdRcix2fX7

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10.15 am: A Sea king 42C all weather aircraft with diving team being launched.

10.14 am: Indian Coast Guard launched the Chetak Helicopter to carry out searches for people who were swept away. The helicopter is carrying on searches.

Helicopter Chetak carries out search operations after the bridge collapse.

9.45 am: NDRF DG OP Singh said: “We have rushed one NDRF team to the spot from Pune. The team is facing some difficulty in reaching due to heavy rains and traffic, but they will reach shortly. As per initial information, some vehicles and people have been swept away. Our team is equipped with deep divers and life saving equipment. Our team will immediately carry out rescue operations as soon as it reaches.”