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PANCHTHAR, June 15: Three laborers were killed when a Bailey bridge under-construction with Indian technical assistance collapsed at Hewakhola in Panchthar district.
The Bailey bridge at Hewakhola connecting Phidim Municipality-4 and Hilihang Rural Municipality-7 of Panchthar along the Mechi Highway was broken on Saturday evening. Six workers were seriously injured in the incident. Three of them died while undergoing treatment at Nobel Medical College, Biratnagar.
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Ruplal Chaudhary, 22; Rajan Chaudhary, 27; and Rakesh Chaudhary, 22, of Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City-12 of Bara were killed when the bridge collapsed, according to the District Police Office, Panchthar. Bhuleshwar Chaudhary, Prakash Chaudhary and Abhishek Chaudhary of Simara are undergoing treatment at Nobel Hospital.
The bridge at Hewakhola was washed away by floods in June 2018. After the bridge was washed away, traffic was restored by constructing a Bailey bridge on the blocked highway. But last year, the Bailey bridge was washed away by the floods on September 28.
According to Chief District Officer of Panchthar, Arun Pokharel, the 70-meter-long Bailey bridge with the new technology was broken while it was being installed. Preparations were made to install the bridge on Saturday. But it was broken during construction, he said.
