Supervisor at Namma metro worksite crushed to death
11 years, 7 months ago

Supervisor at Namma metro worksite crushed to death

The Hindu  

A 47-year-old supervisor was killed in an accident at the metro construction site at the Peenya Junction when a six-tonne iron frame that was being lifted by a crane collapsed on him here on Sunday. Govinda Raj was overseeing the lifting of the frame for the emergency staircase construction at metro’s Y junction, near Peenya Industrial Area station, when the crane overturned around 12.45 p.m., resulting in the frame falling on him. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. authorities said Govinda Raj, contracted by Venkateshwara Engineering Works, was crushed to death. Govinda Raj’s brother, Nagaraj, who was at the site when the accident occurred, told the police that the crane started tilting towards the left side before suddenly collapsing.

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Mechanical engineer dies in 60-foot fall at Delhi Metro worksite
4 months ago

Mechanical engineer dies in 60-foot fall at Delhi Metro worksite

Hindustan Times  

A 31-year-old senior mechanical engineer died and a worksite foreman was injured in a 60-foot fall while working on a Delhi Metro project in Shalimar Bagh on Wednesday, police said on Friday, adding they were on a man-lift crane, when a rope of the machine broke, causing the fall. The deceased was identified as Aditya Prakash, who worked for a …

MP: 1 Person Killed, 5 Injured as Building Collapses in Satna
1 year, 5 months ago

MP: 1 Person Killed, 5 Injured as Building Collapses in Satna

News 18  

One person was killed and five others were injured after a building collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna town, officials said on Wednesday. The three-storey building crashed in a market area under City Kotwali police station limits around Tuesday midnight, the official said. A labourer, identified as Chhotelal Kushwaha, resident of Singhpur village in Satna district, died in the building collapse, …

Bengaluru metro pillar collapse: FIR against 8 accused; Karnataka govt promises to take action against them
2 years, 2 months ago

Bengaluru metro pillar collapse: FIR against 8 accused; Karnataka govt promises to take action against them

India TV News  

Bengaluru metro pillar collapse: In the latest update to the Bengaluru metro pillar collapse incident, an FIR has been registered against eight accused, including the director of Nagarjuna Construction Company. The tragic incident happened on Tuesday, January 10, when an under-construction metro pillar collapsed, leaving a woman and her toddler son dead while her husband and another child sustained injuries. …

Bangalore BMRCL announces Rs 20 lakh ex-gratia kin of woman toddler killed Namma Metro pillar collapse incident IISc Karnataka government
2 years, 2 months ago

Bangalore BMRCL announces Rs 20 lakh ex-gratia kin of woman toddler killed Namma Metro pillar collapse incident IISc Karnataka government

ABP News  

New Delhi: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd on Tuesday announced that the cost of treatment of injured persons and support of Rs 20 lakhs will be given to the family of the deceased after an under-construction Bengaluru Metro pillar collapsed on a family of four on Tuesday, killing a woman and her toddler son and injuring her husband and another …

Mother and toddler son die as structure at Namma Metro construction site in Bengaluru collapses on them
2 years, 2 months ago

Mother and toddler son die as structure at Namma Metro construction site in Bengaluru collapses on them

The Hindu  

A woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old son died when a structure at a Namma Metro construction site fell on them at Nagawara on January 10, Tuesday, morning. Around 10.45 a.m., a Namma Metro structure collapsed and hit a bike on which Lohith, his wife Tejaswini, and their twins were travelling. Unfortunately, both succumbed,” Bhimashankar Guled, DCP, East division, told The Hindu, …

1 killed, 8 hurt as Metro shutter collapses in Uttar Pradesh
8 years, 11 months ago

1 killed, 8 hurt as Metro shutter collapses in Uttar Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

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Worker killed as crane crashes at Metro Rail site
12 years, 7 months ago

Worker killed as crane crashes at Metro Rail site

The Hindu  

In the first major accident at a Metro Rail construction site in Chennai, one worker died and six were injured on Wednesday evening. The accident took place at the site near Pachaiyappa’s College after what Chennai Metro Rail Limited officials called a crane boom failure. “Consequently, the huge iron bar fell from a height of 22 metres, when the seven …

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