"At least 26 killed after railway bridge collapses in India’s Mizoram state"

A railway bridge being built across a ravine in India’s northeastern Mizoram state has collapsed, killing at least 26 labourers working on the project, officials said, with many others reported missing.

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The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said in a statement on X that the mishap occurred during work on the Bhairbi-Sairang New Line Railway Project. The NRF said on its website the project will connect Mizoram to the rest of the country, boosting “tourism and socio-economic development”.

A “high level enquiry committee” had been set up to investigate, the NFR said.

The government will pay about 200,000 Indian rupees ($2,400) to the next of kin of those killed, reports said.

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The government has launched high-speed trains as part of plans to modernise the network but critics say it has not focused enough on safety and upgrading ageing infrastructure.