The Greatest Tragedy in My City: Please Pray for Us
By Arundhati
@arundhatiwriter (276)
India
March 31, 2016 11:59am CST
Today around 2PM, my dad-in-law called up and asked, 'daughter, are you at home? are u safe? See! What has happened in our city!'
I took no time to switch on the TV and saw that a part of a bridge has collapsed on a busy traffic, crashing vehicles full of human beings! I called my mother who was at office; she was safe! Thank God!
Me and my family are safe. But we feel like crying. People like us travel on that road very often and we are saved by mere luck! I just can't see the news giving horrible updates of the incident. Hundreds of people have died: So is the number of injured.
Please pray for us!
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6 responses
@silvermist (19702)
• India
31 Mar 16
@arundhatiwriter This is terrible news.So it was an accident? When we hear news like this,the first thing that comes to mind is terrorism.
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@arundhatiwriter (276)
• India
31 Mar 16
Yes, it was an accident; but the police has filed an FIR against the builders.
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@arundhatiwriter (276)
• India
31 Mar 16
Horrible incident in fact. It was a busy hour.
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@allknowing (136560)
• India
1 Apr 16
Sad that there is nothing we can do but just pray for those who are fighting for their life.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
31 Mar 16
I am sorry to hear about the bridge collapsing! I am glad you/your family are safe. And I am sorry to hear those who passed, hopefully everything will be better.
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@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
17 Apr 16
Its more than 2 weeks and now the case will linger on for years. The culprits and murderers will get away with anything and everything. palms will be greased and more such constructions of dubious quality will spring up in our Country.
Unless like Saudi Arabia where action was taken immediately against the company which was given the contract of building the bridge in the Holy Kaaba which collapsed, nothing will happen in our country India.
@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
18 Apr 16
@arundhatiwriter they will be roaming free in a short time. And case lingering on for years.
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@arundhatiwriter (276)
• India
18 Apr 16
The builders have been arrested, but we don't know when to get justice!
