Two from Bihar dead, several injured after cable cars in Jharkhand's Deoghar ropeway collide

At least three people have been declared dead while several others were injured after some cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar district on Sunday (April 10, 2022).

11 people have been rescued so far and 48 still lay trapped mid-air in a row of 12 ropeway cable cars, officials said on Monday morning.

According to the official, 10 tourists sustained serious injuries in the collision that occurred around 4.30 pm on Sunday, and two of them died during treatment. Both the deceased were the residents of Bihar. While one was from Darbhanga, the other one was from Madhubani.

Two Mi-17 helicopters are involved in rescue operations, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said.

Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are assisting in rescue operations, Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri said.