Vasant Vihar construction site deaths: Two arrested
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Vasant Vihar construction site deaths: Two arrested

Hindustan Times  

Two men were arrested and later released on bail in connection with the deaths of three labourers who fell and got trapped inside an inundated under-construction double-storey basement at Vasant Vihar in south Delhi on Friday. Both of them were booked on charges of death by negligence and negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings, a case regarding which was registered under the now scrapped Indian Penal Code’s sections 304A and 288 at the Vasant Vihar police station on Saturday, said deputy commissioner of police Rohit Meena. Around 5.30am on Friday, six to seven labourers living in makeshift shanties built on the edge of the two-storey basement of a building, which was being constructed over a 500 square yard plot at Vasant Vihar B Block, fell into it after the land under the temporary structures collapsed due to heavy rainfall. On Saturday, Delhi labour department officials also said that construction workers should not be allowed to stay under or just next to an under-construction site, considering the magnitude of risk to their life and safety.

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Labour norm violations led to 3 deaths in Vasant Vihar: Officials
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Labour norm violations led to 3 deaths in Vasant Vihar: Officials

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Three labourers trapped in swamped Vasant Vihar site in south Delhi
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Three labourers trapped in swamped Vasant Vihar site in south Delhi

Hindustan Times  

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