Frenzy in the 'City of Joy'
Kolkata, Apr 2, 2016, DHNS
Amid the anger, distress and tears, thousands of flocked to the flyover collapsed site on Friday not to pay homage to the dead, but “just to check out the disaster area”.
Much to the chagrin of the locals, visitors use their mobile phones to capture photos and videos simply to share them on social media.
Unlike Thursday, the police managed to cordon off the area on Friday with guard rails and barricades.
However, all attempts to divert the steady flow of bystanders and onlookers, failed as thousands continued to crowd the area which looked like an area bombed from above. Even angry faces and words from local residents failed to deter visitors.
Satish Sharma came to visit the place along with three friends from Barasat in North 24 Parganas, around 35 km from the city, just to “check out the area”.
“The images we saw throughout the day on news channels yesterday were gruesome to say the least. Today we couldn’t stop ourselves from seeing with our own eyes where it all happened,” he said, even as his friends were busy clicking photos of the site and of each other. Sharma soon joined them for a selfie, which he said would go to his social media account.
“Throughout yesterday we received images and posts on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. Some of my friends who work near the area came here soon after the accident. I didn’t want to miss out on the excitement,” said Arundhati Basu, from among a cackling group of college girls, who also clicked series of selfies. Another girl said they bunked two classes to be here.
Local residents, many of whom played a major role in the rescue operations, assisting the Army jawans to clear the rubble and dragging out bodies and the injured from under the debris, did not take the “unwanted” attention well.
DH News Service
West Bengal cops grill IVRCL officials
A four-member police team on Friday grilled officials of IVRCL at their headquarters in Banjara Hills here following the collapse of flyover under construction in Kolkata on Thursday, DHNS reports from Hyderabad. The West Bengal Police team backed by Telangana CID and special branch police which arrived here on Thursday night, visited different wings of the construction company and collected information regarding its scale of operations, procurement of raw material, quality control and financial details.
Much to the chagrin of the locals, visitors use their mobile phones to capture photos and videos simply to share them on social media.
Unlike Thursday, the police managed to cordon off the area on Friday with guard rails and barricades.
However, all attempts to divert the steady flow of bystanders and onlookers, failed as thousands continued to crowd the area which looked like an area bombed from above. Even angry faces and words from local residents failed to deter visitors.
Satish Sharma came to visit the place along with three friends from Barasat in North 24 Parganas, around 35 km from the city, just to “check out the area”.
“The images we saw throughout the day on news channels yesterday were gruesome to say the least. Today we couldn’t stop ourselves from seeing with our own eyes where it all happened,” he said, even as his friends were busy clicking photos of the site and of each other. Sharma soon joined them for a selfie, which he said would go to his social media account.
“Throughout yesterday we received images and posts on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. Some of my friends who work near the area came here soon after the accident. I didn’t want to miss out on the excitement,” said Arundhati Basu, from among a cackling group of college girls, who also clicked series of selfies. Another girl said they bunked two classes to be here.
Local residents, many of whom played a major role in the rescue operations, assisting the Army jawans to clear the rubble and dragging out bodies and the injured from under the debris, did not take the “unwanted” attention well.
DH News Service
West Bengal cops grill IVRCL officials
A four-member police team on Friday grilled officials of IVRCL at their headquarters in Banjara Hills here following the collapse of flyover under construction in Kolkata on Thursday, DHNS reports from Hyderabad. The West Bengal Police team backed by Telangana CID and special branch police which arrived here on Thursday night, visited different wings of the construction company and collected information regarding its scale of operations, procurement of raw material, quality control and financial details.
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