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Two Workers Killed in Mumbai Metro Line 4 Collapse
Two workers were killed at a construction site for Mumbai’s Metro Line 4.
The accident happened at Bhakti Park in Wadala last Saturday.
The workers were coming down from the first floor when the iron staging broke.
One worker died before reaching the hospital, and the other died later that night.
Police filed a case against the site supervisor for alleged negligence.
The workers had come from West Bengal and had worked at the site for several months.
The agency building the metro line did not publicly announce the deaths for several days.
This line had another deadly construction accident in Mulund in February.
Officials said they would provide information about the contractors and compensation to the families.
Two construction workers died after iron staging collapsed at the Bhakti Park Metro Line 4 site in Wadala last Saturday.
The deceased, Nahij, 33, and Sakim, 37, were centering workers from West Bengal.
Police registered an FIR against site supervisor Tarikh Ul Islam under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing death by negligence.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority had not publicly disclosed the incident five days later and said it would provide details on Friday.
The same corridor saw a fatal slab collapse in Mulund in February, involving the same contractor, subcontractor and consultant.
- Who
- Construction workers Nahij, 33, and Sakim, 37, died; police booked site supervisor Tarikh Ul Islam.
- What
- Iron staging collapsed as the workers descended, causing their deaths.
- Where
- The Bhakti Park construction site near the Monorail station in Wadala, Mumbai.
- When
- Last Saturday at about 7:30 p.m.; an FIR was registered on Tuesday.
- Why
- The workers’ colleague attributed the deaths to alleged negligence and recklessness by the subcontractor’s supervisor.
Key facts
- Project
- Metro Line 4, also known as the Green Line
- Corridor
- 32.32-kilometre elevated route connecting Wadala with Kasarvadavali in Thane
- Fatalities
- Two workers, Nahij and Sakim
- Accident mechanism
- Iron staging collapsed while the workers were descending from the first floor
- Police case
- FIR against site supervisor Tarikh Ul Islam under Section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Earlier accident
- A February slab collapse in Mulund killed one person and injured three
- Safety penalties
- After the February incident, RAJV was fined Rs 5 crore and the consultant Rs 1 crore
Quotes
Safiqul Mukhtar Hussain
A construction worker and colleague of the deceased who filed the police complaint
“At around 7:30pm, Nahij and Sakim were going down from the iron staging built for construction. As they were coming down, the staging broke and they both fell and were seriously injured.”
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