Kolkata: Army officials, who are working closely with civic authorities and NRDF teams in relief and rescue operations at the flyover collapse site, on Friday said they were not hopeful of finding any more survivors from under the debris.
Even as the death toll has reached 23, rescue officials suspect that over 100 people are still trapped under the debris.
"The focus of operations is now on debris removal and clearance of the road so that normalcy is restored. As of Friday morning, no more bodies are expected to be found under the rubble," army officials said.
The army rescue teams have been operating throughout Thursday night along with the teams from civil defence, police and NRDF, trying to remove the debris from the affected area. General Officer in Command of Army's Bengal area Lt Gen Rajeev Tewary is monitoring the progress of the Army teams closely.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) DIG, SS Guleria on Friday said that the survival chances of those trapped under the flyover debris is slim, but they are trying their best to pull put survivors.
Altogether there are close to 300 Army personnel including medical teams, surgeons, engineers and gas cutters working on the spot of flyover collapse in northern Kolkata.
Terming the mishap as "unfortunate", infrastructure major IVRCL had on Thursday said it will cooperate with the state authorities probing the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Kolkata. "IVRCL grieves the loss of precious lives and injuries to people and will cooperate with the authorities in investigating this accident," IVRCL said.
The Vivekananada Flyover project in Kolkata J under execution by IVRCLJ has suffered an accident caused by an under construction section falling down, it said.
"All necessary process and quality steps have been taken as per standard operating procedure and after obtaining all clearances. The collapsed section is the 60th," it said adding that in the Vivekananda Flyover project 59 sections with a total length of about 0.9 km have been completed successfully so far.
The design of the flyover has been made by a reputed consultant from Kolkata and the Project Manager and Engineers deployed at this site are highly experienced in constructing large and complex projects, it said.
The incident occurred on Thursday in the dense Burra Bazaar locality. "Details are awaited to investigate the cause of the accident and IVRCL will do its utmost to find the causes. IVRCL stands by the family and friends of those who lost their lives and deeply regrets their loss," the company said.
With PTI Inputs.
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