A crane collapse in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam has left 11 people including four employees of the Hindustan Shipyard Limited dead. Authorities have launched a rescue operation since a few people were still believed to be trapped in the debris.
Dramatic visuals of the crane collapsing with peopled watching in horror helplessly have emerged on social media.
#Vizag #Vishakapatnam
Crane collapse leads to several death.
Om Shanti ? ? pic.twitter.com/TQpbCcvxvl— Niyati Ranjan Ray ?? #Stay_At_Home ?️ ? %F ? (@RayNiyati_23) August 1, 2020
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విశాఖపట్నం హిందుస్థాన్ షిప్యార్డులో క్రేన్ ప్రమాదంపై ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ వైయస్.జగన్ ఆరా. ఘటన వివరాలను తెలుసుకున్న సీఎం. ఘటనపై తక్షణం చర్యలు తీసుకోవాలని విశాఖ జిల్లా కలెక్టర్కు, నగర పోలీస్ కమిషనర్కు ఆదేశం.
— CMO Andhra Pradesh (@AndhraPradeshCM) August 1, 2020
