Amid the heavy Mumbai rains, Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik emphasised that the safety of tourists needs to be prioritised during the monsoon. She suggested that dangerous or risky spots in the region should be closed down temporarily for people’s safety.

Following the collapse of an old bridge over the Indrayani river in Pune, which resulted in four deaths, former minister Ravindra Chavan is demanding an investigation into why a sanctioned replacement bridge was not constructed.

The 32-year-old iron pedestrian bridge on the Indrayani river had reportedly been declared unsafe. It collapsed on Sunday afternoon in Pune's Maval tehsil, prima facie due to crowding by tourists who ignored the warning board at the spot, PTI reported.

In the wake of a tragic bridge collapse in Pune that claimed four lives, Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik on Monday directed officials to temporarily shut down risk-prone tourist spots during the monsoon.

The Maharashtra Congress has held the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government responsible for the recent Indrayani bridge collapse in Pune district, terming it a 'man-made tragedy born of negligence' and demanding a high-level inquiry and a case of culpable homicide against officials involved.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal criticised the government for allowing the ‘weak and dangerous’ iron bridge to remain open

Following the tragic bridge collapse over Indrayani river in Maharashtra's Pune district, where four lives were lost, a high-level meeting of top administrators of the state was convened on Monday.The meeting was chaired by the State Chief Secretary,

Bridge collapse in Pune's Indrayani River on Sunday has left four tourists dead, multiple feared drowned after bridge gives way. 39 rescued so far. Bridge collapse occurred on Sunday in Kundmala, a popular tourist destination near Pune,