Summary:
The group had taken the old Cauvery bridge route. A barricade placed on the pavement on the old Cauvery bridge on after one of the slabs broke causing the death of a woman who fell down from the bridge at Tiruchi on Tuesday. “Her daughter Monica tried to rescue her mother and she also fell through the gap,” said R.
Sridhar, a close relative of Lalitha. Lalitha, a widow, lost her balance and fell through the gap on to the dry river bed. The duo was among the thousands of people who were walking to the temple to fulfil their vows..