An under-construction flyover’s beam collapsed in the Deogarh municipal area on Tuesday evening.
This is the second such incident reported in the State within a week. On January 24, the roof of a link building at the Bhubaneswar airport had collapsed killing a person and injuring another.
The flyover being constructed since January 2018 as part of the widening of NH-49 was to be completed by 2022. The Orienetal Construction was engaged in the work. The project cost is around Rs 1160 crore.
Deogarh Collector Sudhansu Mohan Samal, Additional Collector Dharam Hansdah and other district officials reached the spot. No Oriental Construction official was yet to reach the site.
