Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Mumbai Plumber Killed After Metro Construction Barricade Collapses
A 54-year-old plumber named Wasim Haidar Rizvi was riding his motorcycle in Mumbai.
A large iron barricade used for metro construction suddenly fell onto him.
The accident happened on Friday on LBS Road in Ghatkopar.
Rizvi was taken to Rajawadi Hospital for treatment.
Doctors there said that he had died.
Police registered a case and are investigating what caused the barricade to fall.
Earlier, another metro construction accident killed one person and injured three people.
An authority also disputed details of a separate reported safety incident involving a wooden plank.
Wasim Haidar Rizvi, 54, was killed when an approximately 6-by-8-foot iron barricade fell onto his Honda Unicorn motorcycle.
The incident occurred Friday on LBS Road in Ghatkopar, near a biotech company building.
Rizvi, a plumber from Ashok Nagar, was taken to Rajawadi Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Parksite police registered a case and began investigating the circumstances of the fatal accident.
The incident follows earlier metro-construction accidents, including a February 14 collapse that killed one person and injured three others.
- Who
- Wasim Haidar Rizvi, a 54-year-old plumber, was killed.
- What
- An approximately 6-by-8-foot iron metro-construction barricade fell onto his motorcycle.
- When
- The incident occurred on Friday; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- LBS Road in Ghatkopar, near a biotech company building, Mumbai.
- Why
- The barricade fell during ongoing metro construction work, but the cause remains under investigation.
Reported Construction Safety Incidents
Authority’s Account of Earlier Incident
April safety scare
Reported Construction Safety Incidents
A wooden plank was reportedly said to have fallen onto a car near the Mulund Metro construction stretch.
Authority’s Account of Earlier Incident
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority said construction material had fallen from the viaduct and that the incident was not corroborated at the site.
- Victim
- Wasim Haidar Rizvi, 54
- Occupation
- Plumber
- Vehicle
- Honda Unicorn motorcycle
- Barricade size
- Approximately 6 by 8 feet
- Location
- LBS Road, Ghatkopar, Mumbai
- Hospital
- Rajawadi Hospital
- Police action
- Parksite police registered a case and began an investigation
