JAMMU: At least forty persons were injured after a footbridge collapsed during Baisakhi celebrations in Chenani Tehsil of Udhampur district on Friday afternoon, officials said.
They told that that a steel footbridge collapsed at Beni Sangam in Bain village in Udhampur when a large chunk of locals were over it in connection with Baisakhi festival celebrations in the area.
The injured persons have been evacuated from the site to a nearby hospital, where all of them are said to be responding well to the treatment, the official said. (GNS)
