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World Have Your Say: Kolkata flyover collapse

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01/04/2016 GMT

Kolkata flyover collapse

BBC World Service - World Have Your Say, Kolkata flyover collapse

As the search for survivors goes on, what does the disaster say about India?

Hopes of finding more survivors trapped under a collapsed flyover are fading in the city of Kolkata - but what lessons can India learn from the disaster? 

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Photo: Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed flyover in Kolkata;
Credits: Dibyangshu Sarkar/ AFP/ Getty

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