A worker from UP was killed and another critically injured when a cable of a lifting trolley snapped at an under-construction bridge in Rudraprayag. The bridge aims to connect Gaurikund and Badrinath highways as part of the Char Dham all-weather road project. Four stranded workers were safely rescued.
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