Jammu Tawi, May 2 -- A portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area of Jammu on Friday, leaving one labourer dead and another injured, while rescue operations are underway to trace two workers still trapped under the debris.

An official said that four labourers were working beneath the bridge at the Thathar area of Bantalab when a section of the structure suddenly gave way, trapping them.

Soon after the incident, teams from Police, Army, SDRF, NDRF and the civil administration rushed to the spot and launched a joint rescue operation. One injured labourer was pulled out alive and shifted to a hospital for treatment, while another was found dead, the official said.

He said that efforts are ongoing to rescue the ...