Goa bridge collapse: Divers resume search operation

TIL Desk/National/Panaji/ Search operations resumed this morning for at least two persons feared to have drowned in a river in Goa where an ageing bridge had collapsed under the weight of scores of onlookers watching a man trying to commit suicide.

Two persons had drowned while around 20 swam to safety after the bridge, connecting Sanvordem and Curchorem villages in South Goa district, collapsed yesterday afternoon. Fourteen people were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals.

“The rescue operation began at 7.30 am today and efforts are on to check whether there are any more bodies in the water,” Superintendent of Police (South) Shekhar Prabhudesai told.

“The search operation was called off around midnight yesterday due to poor visibility. The divers from Indian Navy and a private agency which mans Goa’s beaches, have been pressed into service to search for the bodies,” the SP said.