A pipeline burst through a road in Maharashtra following which roads cracked wide open,letting out a gush of water onto the road.
Mumbai,UPDATED: Mar 5, 2023 03:59 IST
Water pipeline burst in Maharahtra’s Yavatmal (Photo: ANI)
By India Today News Desk: A water pipeline burst in the middle of a road in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra on Saturday. Roads cracked open after the pipeline burst and a woman riding a scooter got trapped in the heavy flow of water. The incident took place near Yavatmal Vidarbha Housing Society.
In the video that is now making rounds on social media, one can see that the road caved in after water burst out forcefully from beneath the ground. The video also captured a woman, coming on her scooty in pink clothes, being trapped under the wave of brown water as she rides by. She was hit by a wave of water and injured in the incident.
“I was talking on the phone when I saw the road crack open due to the force of water as an underground pipeline burst. Water filled in the area and people looked scared,” an eyewitness of the incident, Pooja Biswas, told news agency ANI.
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In the video, large chunks of gravel were seen scattered on the road as a large hole was filled up with water.
According to reports, the woman was rescued by the locals. In 2020, a similar incident was reported in Western Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly when a Covid ward at a hospital was flooded with rainwater after a pipeline installed on the ceiling suddenly burst.
Earlier in January this, a portion of Bengaluru’s Ittamadu Main Road caved in. The road crumbled as a result of nearby smart city construction and a cyclist was hurt in the accident.
(With ANI inputs)
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