Bollywood industry people expressed their grief and anguish over the flyover collapse tragedy that took place yesterday in North Kolkata's Girish Park area. Amitabh Bachchan expressed his concern over this tragedy on his personal blog. He wrote, "A bridge has collapsed in Kolkata and many suffer .. our prayers go out for all .. may God be with them .. having spent a major part of the year in the city on work I feel I must have crossed this bridge often .. fate and time wait for no one .. tragedies do concern us and we hope always that the worst can be avoided .. but at times it just does not .Our prayers today for Kolkata,"

Big B also posted a tweet on his Twitter handle.

T 2192 - Bridge collapse in Kolkata ! Our hearts with those that suffer ! Sad and shocked ! Prayers !!

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 31, 2016

Talk about sheer shamelessness! The contractor MUST be legally liable for his work! #Kolkata https://t.co/bfYzjoKcID

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) March 31, 2016

Just seeing the news about a bridge collapse in Kolkata. Heart goes out to the victim and the families. Hope more cranes can reach the site

— Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) March 31, 2016

Very saddened by the #KolkataFlyover mishap. Hope that this makes us more accountable. This is unacceptable.

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) March 31, 2016

My prayers are with those trapped under the collapse of the #kolkata flyover today; may the rescue operations be fast and efficient.

— soha ali khan (@sakpataudi) March 31, 2016

The rescue work on this mishap is going on war footing. In order to complete the operation as early as possible, the heavy earth movers and gas cutting paraphernalia is being used by the military and NDRF teams.