On Tuesday, a platform at Gorakhpur Railway Station collapsed, causing a minor disruption. The incident occurred when a garbage removal vehicle got stuck on the platform, which then gave way. Passengers fled in panic. The garbage was subsequently dumped onto the railway tracks, allowing the vehicle to be removed. The incident...
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caused chaos for about an hour. This incident follows reports of poor construction after the collapse of the Ram path in Ayodhya. In Gorakhpur's Suraj Kund area, a recently constructed PWD road also caved in after a truck carrying sand got stuck on the 26th of June. This collapse is attributed to the ongoing sewage line construction and house connections, where standards appear to have been ignored during the road construction.