***BOKOM BOKOM PAYARA*** #23(IO) Note on page 28 - Page 95

An under-construction flyover in the densely-populated Barra Bazar area of North Kolkata collapsed killing at least 10 people with around 150 people feared trapped on Thursday afternoon.

The flyover which is located close to Girish Park was under-construction since 2009 and has missed several completion deadlines.

This is the second such incident in Kolkata since 2013 when a large chunk of a flyover in Ultadanga area killing one and injuring three others.

As this tragic incident served as a reminder of the dangers of poor construction safety standards, here's a look at some of the deadliest flyover collapses in India's history:

1. When Delhi was hosting the Asian Games in 1982, the Sewa Nagar flyover that was built in a rush to meet the deadlines for the games, collapsed.

2. In September 2007, 20 people lost their lives in Hyderabad as a partly-constructed flyover collapsed onto traffic. The disaster occurred at the Panjagutta junction where two large concrete sections dropped on cars and trucks, injuring 20 more people.

3. The collapse of a flyover being built near Mumbai's international airport killed three people and injured another seven in 2013. A large slab fell off late in the night, trapping several people, mostly labourers, underneath it.

4. In the same year, at least 14 people were injured when a road over bridge fell on a goods train passing under it in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.

5. A similar tragic incident struck Kolkata in 2013 itself. A huge portion of a flyover in Ultadanga, Kolkata collapsed injuring three people.

6. In 2014, at least six labourers were crushed to death in Surat when a 35-metre-long concrete slab of a flyover being constructed near the New Court building in Athwalines collapsed.

7. In February last year, a portion of the under construction Wazirabad-Janakpuri bridge collapsed in the Pitampura area of Delhi leaving three seriously injured.