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6 hurt after Puja bamboo gate collapse

A huge bamboo structure, meant for the electric light decoration gate of a Durga Puja in Panagarh Bazar, under Kanksha police station of West Burdwan collapsed during heavy rains and fell upon six people today afternoon.

The giant bamboo

Although one of the largest of Indian bamboos (a well-developed clump stands 100 ft high), the giant bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea)…