GUWAHATI, India, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A railway bridge being built in India collapsed on Wednesday killing at least 26 workers and injuring two, police said, as the state-run railway authority opened an investigation. The accident happened in Sairang town in the northeastern state of Mizoram, its chief minister, Zoramthanga, said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Media reported that up to 40 workers were at the site when the bridge collapsed but police said 28 workers were present. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said in a statement on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that the mishap occurred during work on the Bhairbi-Sairang New Line Railway Project. In October last year, a colonial-era suspension bridge collapsed in the western state of Gujarat killing 135 people.

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Persons: Zoramthanga, NRF, Narendra Modi, Sakshi Dayal, Andrew Heavens, Michael Perry Organizations: Twitter, Media, Northeast Frontier Railway, Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, India, Sairang, Mizoram, India's, Gujarat